Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and MenJ. Murray, 1820 - 302 էջ |
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... told , he must recollect that SPENCE was the first teller . The reader shall no longer be de- tained in this passage of a Preface ; he has now only to open the door , and he will find Pope in a very conversible humour , by his parlour ...
... told , he must recollect that SPENCE was the first teller . The reader shall no longer be de- tained in this passage of a Preface ; he has now only to open the door , and he will find Pope in a very conversible humour , by his parlour ...
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... grossly . Lord Warwick himself told me one day , that " it was in vain for me to endeavour to be well with Mr. Addison ; that his jealous temper would never admit of a settled friendship between us OF MEN AND BOOKS . 9.
... grossly . Lord Warwick himself told me one day , that " it was in vain for me to endeavour to be well with Mr. Addison ; that his jealous temper would never admit of a settled friendship between us OF MEN AND BOOKS . 9.
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... told me of that offer as inclined to close with it if he could ; and on my mentioning it to Lord Oxford and Mr. Pope , they readily released him from his first engagement , and so left him at full liberty to enter upon the other . ] C ...
... told me of that offer as inclined to close with it if he could ; and on my mentioning it to Lord Oxford and Mr. Pope , they readily released him from his first engagement , and so left him at full liberty to enter upon the other . ] C ...
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... told a story , he was always the last to laugh at it , and seldom went beyond a particular easy smile on any occasion that I remember . The man will never be contented ! He has already twice as much as I ; for I am told he has a good ...
... told a story , he was always the last to laugh at it , and seldom went beyond a particular easy smile on any occasion that I remember . The man will never be contented ! He has already twice as much as I ; for I am told he has a good ...
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... told him , with a great deal of pleasure , that he had got a pension for him . It was a very handsome one , and quite equal to his rank . All Lord Hyde's answer was , " How could you tell , my lord , that I was to be sold ; or , at ...
... told him , with a great deal of pleasure , that he had got a pension for him . It was a very handsome one , and quite equal to his rank . All Lord Hyde's answer was , " How could you tell , my lord , that I was to be sold ; or , at ...
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