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— Henry Tizard"Andrade [who was looking after wartime inventions] is like an inverted Micawber, waiting for something to turn down."
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A propos of Distempers, I am going to tell you a thing that I am sure will make you wish your selfe here. The Small Pox so fatal and so general amongst us is here entirely harmless by the invention of engrafting (which is the term they give it). There is a set of old Women who make it their business to perform the Operation.
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