Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and MenJ. Murray, 1820 - 302 էջ |
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... great value of the present col- lection must always rest on its authen- ticity ; every particular is sanctioned by the name of the speaker ; and from that simplicity of taste and minute cor- rectness which mark iv ADVERTISEMENT .
... great value of the present col- lection must always rest on its authen- ticity ; every particular is sanctioned by the name of the speaker ; and from that simplicity of taste and minute cor- rectness which mark iv ADVERTISEMENT .
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... rest have guessed out circumstances for a life for him , from his own writings . I collected every thing that was said of him that was worth notice , and classed it ; and then Archdeacon Parnell wrote the essay on his life , which is ...
... rest have guessed out circumstances for a life for him , from his own writings . I collected every thing that was said of him that was worth notice , and classed it ; and then Archdeacon Parnell wrote the essay on his life , which is ...
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... rest of the work , and were much the most difficult part of it . I do not know whether I shall go on with the Epistles on Government or that on Education . - The same . [ He spoke a little warmer as to the use of it ; but more coldly as ...
... rest of the work , and were much the most difficult part of it . I do not know whether I shall go on with the Epistles on Government or that on Education . - The same . [ He spoke a little warmer as to the use of it ; but more coldly as ...
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... rest God knows - perhaps the devil . " The same . My letter to Mr. Addison on a future state was designed as an imitation of the * Johannes jacet hic Mirandola ; cætera norunt Et Tagus et Ganges , forsan et Antipodes . style of the ...
... rest God knows - perhaps the devil . " The same . My letter to Mr. Addison on a future state was designed as an imitation of the * Johannes jacet hic Mirandola ; cætera norunt Et Tagus et Ganges , forsan et Antipodes . style of the ...
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... rest of the morning , it went on easily enough ; and when I was thoroughly got into the way of it , I did the rest with pleasure . - The same . [ He used to dream that he was engaged in a long journey , puzzled which way to take , and ...
... rest of the morning , it went on easily enough ; and when I was thoroughly got into the way of it , I did the rest with pleasure . - The same . [ He used to dream that he was engaged in a long journey , puzzled which way to take , and ...
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