Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... Natural History of Selborne ( Vols . I. & II . ) GILBERT WHITE . Lives of Pericles , Fabius Maximus , & e . Victories of Love Sorrows of Werter Lives of Butler , Denham , Dryden , & c . Religio Medici ... The North - West Passage Lifes ...
... Natural History of Selborne ( Vols . I. & II . ) GILBERT WHITE . Lives of Pericles , Fabius Maximus , & e . Victories of Love Sorrows of Werter Lives of Butler , Denham , Dryden , & c . Religio Medici ... The North - West Passage Lifes ...
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... nature foiled any attempt made to befriend him ; and the friends he lost , he slandered ; Richard Steele among them . Samuel Johnson was a friend easy to make , and difficult to lose . There was no money to be got from him , for he was ...
... nature foiled any attempt made to befriend him ; and the friends he lost , he slandered ; Richard Steele among them . Samuel Johnson was a friend easy to make , and difficult to lose . There was no money to be got from him , for he was ...
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... natural modesty , he was diverted from his original design of entering into holy orders . Montague alleged the cor- ruption of men who engaged in civil employments with . out liberal education ; and declared that , though he was ...
... natural modesty , he was diverted from his original design of entering into holy orders . Montague alleged the cor- ruption of men who engaged in civil employments with . out liberal education ; and declared that , though he was ...
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... natural to suppose the approbation general , and the sale numerous . I once heard it observed that the sale may be calculated by the product of the tax , related in the last number to produce more than twenty pounds a week , and ...
... natural to suppose the approbation general , and the sale numerous . I once heard it observed that the sale may be calculated by the product of the tax , related in the last number to produce more than twenty pounds a week , and ...
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... hold on his proportion of the profits . Many of these papers were written with powers truly comic , with nice discrimination of characters , and accurate observation of natural or accidental deviations from propriety ; but ADDISON . 23.
... hold on his proportion of the profits . Many of these papers were written with powers truly comic , with nice discrimination of characters , and accurate observation of natural or accidental deviations from propriety ; but ADDISON . 23.
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