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... labour ; and who is willing to think that he has been labouring in vain ? He had infused into it much knowledge and much thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to ...
... labour ; and who is willing to think that he has been labouring in vain ? He had infused into it much knowledge and much thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to ...
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... labour was " The Old Bachelor ; " of which he says , in his defence against Collier , " that comedy was written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to ...
... labour was " The Old Bachelor ; " of which he says , in his defence against Collier , " that comedy was written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to ...
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... labour in the reformation of the theatre . Of the powers by which this important victory was achieved , a quotation from " Love for Love , " and the remark upon it , may afford a specimen : Sir Samps . Sampson's a very good name ; for ...
... labour in the reformation of the theatre . Of the powers by which this important victory was achieved , a quotation from " Love for Love , " and the remark upon it , may afford a specimen : Sir Samps . Sampson's a very good name ; for ...
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... - born from the press . " It is never mentioned , and was never seen by me till I borrowed it for the present occasion . Jacob says , " it is corrected and She revised for another impression ; " but the labour of 34 BLACKMORE .
... - born from the press . " It is never mentioned , and was never seen by me till I borrowed it for the present occasion . Jacob says , " it is corrected and She revised for another impression ; " but the labour of 34 BLACKMORE .
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Samuel Johnson. revised for another impression ; " but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters ; and wrote a poem on the Kit - cat Club , and Advice ...
Samuel Johnson. revised for another impression ; " but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters ; and wrote a poem on the Kit - cat Club , and Advice ...
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