Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1805 - English literature |
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... means agreeable to the wishes or the views of Budgell . He had acquired a decided taste for elegant literature ; and the chief object of his ambition was , to be the associate and com- panion of those who figured as the leaders of the ...
... means agreeable to the wishes or the views of Budgell . He had acquired a decided taste for elegant literature ; and the chief object of his ambition was , to be the associate and com- panion of those who figured as the leaders of the ...
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... means of acquiring some official situation under government . In all his efforts and applications , however , and they were numerous , he was , through the influence of his enemies , altogether unsuccessful ; and he at length ...
... means of acquiring some official situation under government . In all his efforts and applications , however , and they were numerous , he was , through the influence of his enemies , altogether unsuccessful ; and he at length ...
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... means of subsistence . Had this been employed in the cause of his coun- try , of virtue , or religion , no nobler occupation could have been resorted to ; but , unfortunately , 12 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES .
... means of subsistence . Had this been employed in the cause of his coun- try , of virtue , or religion , no nobler occupation could have been resorted to ; but , unfortunately , 12 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES .
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... means the most dishonest , he was willing , it is probable , to believe , that the pre- cepts which so forcibly arraigned and condemned his conduct , were the result of imposture on the one hand , and credulity on the other . It is cer ...
... means the most dishonest , he was willing , it is probable , to believe , that the pre- cepts which so forcibly arraigned and condemned his conduct , were the result of imposture on the one hand , and credulity on the other . It is cer ...
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... during the pro- cess of transmission . Hughes , notwithstanding all his literary exer- tions , and his official employment in the ord- nance , was by no means in easy circumstances , 34 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES .
... during the pro- cess of transmission . Hughes , notwithstanding all his literary exer- tions , and his official employment in the ord- nance , was by no means in easy circumstances , 34 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES .
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