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Page vii
... prefaces were to be brief biographical notes , with a sentence or two of criticism to round them off , keen , terse judgements , unfortified by example or illus- tration . The arrangement of the extracts was to be in the booksellers ...
... prefaces were to be brief biographical notes , with a sentence or two of criticism to round them off , keen , terse judgements , unfortified by example or illus- tration . The arrangement of the extracts was to be in the booksellers ...
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... preface , in which he seems to have inserted something , suppressed in subsequent editions , which was interpreted to denote some relaxation of his loyalty . In this preface he declares , that ' his desire had been for some days past ...
... preface , in which he seems to have inserted something , suppressed in subsequent editions , which was interpreted to denote some relaxation of his loyalty . In this preface he declares , that ' his desire had been for some days past ...
Page 387
... Preface , written with more ostentation than ability : his notions are half - formed , and his materials immethodically confused . This was his last work . He died Jan. 18 , 1717-18 , and was buried at Harrow - on - the - Hill . His ...
... Preface , written with more ostentation than ability : his notions are half - formed , and his materials immethodically confused . This was his last work . He died Jan. 18 , 1717-18 , and was buried at Harrow - on - the - Hill . His ...
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