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Page 78
... mean by a mean employment . This , however , his warmest friends seem not to have found ; they therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell literature to all comers at an open shop ; he was a chamber - milliner , and measured his ...
... mean by a mean employment . This , however , his warmest friends seem not to have found ; they therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell literature to all comers at an open shop ; he was a chamber - milliner , and measured his ...
Page 101
... means of proclaiming the publication of new books have been produced by that general litera- ture which now pervades ... mean time he continued his studies , and sup- plied the want of sight by a very odd expedient , of which Philips ...
... means of proclaiming the publication of new books have been produced by that general litera- ture which now pervades ... mean time he continued his studies , and sup- plied the want of sight by a very odd expedient , of which Philips ...
Page 200
... mean . His praise of the Queen is too much exaggerated ; and the thought , that she ' saves lovers , by cutting off hope , as gangrenes are cured by lopping the limb , ' presents nothing to the mind but disgust and horror . Of The ...
... mean . His praise of the Queen is too much exaggerated ; and the thought , that she ' saves lovers , by cutting off hope , as gangrenes are cured by lopping the limb , ' presents nothing to the mind but disgust and horror . Of The ...
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