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... reputation from their works ; but there are works which owe their reputation to the character of the writer . The public sometimes has its favourites , whom it rewards for one species of excellence with the honours due to another . From ...
... reputation from their works ; but there are works which owe their reputation to the character of the writer . The public sometimes has its favourites , whom it rewards for one species of excellence with the honours due to another . From ...
Page 156
... reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed indifferently with both parties , and never disturbed the public with his political opinions ; and ...
... reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed indifferently with both parties , and never disturbed the public with his political opinions ; and ...
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... reputation , but never attained any great extent of practice , or eminence or popularity . A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of Fortune ; his degree of reputation is , for the most part , totally casual : they ...
... reputation , but never attained any great extent of practice , or eminence or popularity . A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of Fortune ; his degree of reputation is , for the most part , totally casual : they ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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