The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 22Tobias Smollett R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1798 - Books |
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... preferved in a collection of this kind . Mr. Murray was entered a ftudent of Lincoln's Inn , in April 1724 , and called to the bar in Michaelmas Term 1730 . Our author , on this occafion , obferves , that- Inftead of fubmitting to the ...
... preferved in a collection of this kind . Mr. Murray was entered a ftudent of Lincoln's Inn , in April 1724 , and called to the bar in Michaelmas Term 1730 . Our author , on this occafion , obferves , that- Inftead of fubmitting to the ...
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... preferved in the memory of thofe only who faw and knew him , than that a daubing pretender to art fhould alone have at- tempted to pourtray them ; better that the profeffional cha- racter of the juridical fage fhould be fought by ...
... preferved in the memory of thofe only who faw and knew him , than that a daubing pretender to art fhould alone have at- tempted to pourtray them ; better that the profeffional cha- racter of the juridical fage fhould be fought by ...
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... fo frequently in our poet , which I have conftantly preferved in the original , and ventured in fome CRIT . REV . VOL . XXII . Jan. 1798 . F way to tranflate , may be thought to require apology Poems of Catullus . 65.
... fo frequently in our poet , which I have conftantly preferved in the original , and ventured in fome CRIT . REV . VOL . XXII . Jan. 1798 . F way to tranflate , may be thought to require apology Poems of Catullus . 65.
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... preferved into wide - mouthed jars made of flint glafs , and well fitted with corks : fill the jars quite full with ... preferve fome of the more tender colours , and it alfo keeps the texture more firm . Let the botanift however be ...
... preferved into wide - mouthed jars made of flint glafs , and well fitted with corks : fill the jars quite full with ... preferve fome of the more tender colours , and it alfo keeps the texture more firm . Let the botanift however be ...
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... preferved . Thus I remained By guilt , or even reproach , unstained . Nor feared he , at fome diftant time , In him it would be deemed a crime , Should I become , for petty hire , Collector , like himself , or cryer : Nor fhould I e'er ...
... preferved . Thus I remained By guilt , or even reproach , unstained . Nor feared he , at fome diftant time , In him it would be deemed a crime , Should I become , for petty hire , Collector , like himself , or cryer : Nor fhould I e'er ...
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