The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 11Philological Society of London, 1787 - English literature |
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... live in a city , unless he has the wildom and prudence to fleep by day , and devote the night to the study of the Greek and other ancient languages ; -the night , that bleft feafon " -By this time Dr. Omicron , who had begun in a whif ...
... live in a city , unless he has the wildom and prudence to fleep by day , and devote the night to the study of the Greek and other ancient languages ; -the night , that bleft feafon " -By this time Dr. Omicron , who had begun in a whif ...
Page 19
... live quietly and fecurely , I fhall think our family has met with no misfor- tune , and has no claim therefore to the compaffion of its truelt friends . I know your concern and affection for me , and I write chiefly to give you com ...
... live quietly and fecurely , I fhall think our family has met with no misfor- tune , and has no claim therefore to the compaffion of its truelt friends . I know your concern and affection for me , and I write chiefly to give you com ...
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... live in ftrange times indeed ! Thofe men who loft us the Western World , and with it fleets and armies , were never call- ed to an account , but have been careffed , honoured , and highly favoured , and fent out with great and high ...
... live in ftrange times indeed ! Thofe men who loft us the Western World , and with it fleets and armies , were never call- ed to an account , but have been careffed , honoured , and highly favoured , and fent out with great and high ...
Page 62
... lives -- I fcarce know what I was going to write to religious folitude . This faunter of mine , when I take it , I call PAYING A VISIT TO MY NUNS . It is an awful spot - a rivulet flows by it , and a lofty bank , covered with wood ...
... lives -- I fcarce know what I was going to write to religious folitude . This faunter of mine , when I take it , I call PAYING A VISIT TO MY NUNS . It is an awful spot - a rivulet flows by it , and a lofty bank , covered with wood ...
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... live contented , and chaunt away the time , and be loft to the world . How the wind blows I know not ; and I have not inclination to walk to my win- dow , where , perhaps , I might catch the courfe of a cloud and be fatisfied ; -but ...
... live contented , and chaunt away the time , and be loft to the world . How the wind blows I know not ; and I have not inclination to walk to my win- dow , where , perhaps , I might catch the courfe of a cloud and be fatisfied ; -but ...
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