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Page 156
... favour any accounts of this kind , nor will the name of Aubrey much recommend it to credit : it ought not , however , to be omitted , because better evidence of a fact cannot easily be found than is here offered , and it must be by ...
... favour any accounts of this kind , nor will the name of Aubrey much recommend it to credit : it ought not , however , to be omitted , because better evidence of a fact cannot easily be found than is here offered , and it must be by ...
Page 333
... Garrick , are by his favour communicated to the publick , that no particle of Mr. Dryden may be lost . " That we may the less wonder why pity and terror are not now the only springs on which our tragedies move DRYDEN 333.
... Garrick , are by his favour communicated to the publick , that no particle of Mr. Dryden may be lost . " That we may the less wonder why pity and terror are not now the only springs on which our tragedies move DRYDEN 333.
Page 353
... favours she flung in his way when offered to him at the price of a more durable reputation . He took care to have no dealings with mankind , in which he could not be just ; and he ... favour . Whatever quarrel a few sour 83 N SMITH 353.
... favours she flung in his way when offered to him at the price of a more durable reputation . He took care to have no dealings with mankind , in which he could not be just ; and he ... favour . Whatever quarrel a few sour 83 N SMITH 353.
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