The British Essayists: WorldJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... received some assistance from Henry Brooke , author of Gustavus Vasa , & c . with whom he had probably be- The production come acquainted in Ireland . obtained the public favour , which doubtless encouraged him to proceed in his ...
... received some assistance from Henry Brooke , author of Gustavus Vasa , & c . with whom he had probably be- The production come acquainted in Ireland . obtained the public favour , which doubtless encouraged him to proceed in his ...
Page xv
... received at home from able mas- ters , who had the advantage of finding in their pupil those admirable qualities , an ardent desire of excelling in whatever he undertook , and a resolution to persevere in the track he approved ...
... received at home from able mas- ters , who had the advantage of finding in their pupil those admirable qualities , an ardent desire of excelling in whatever he undertook , and a resolution to persevere in the track he approved ...
Page xxi
... received with distinction . He con- tracted a very particular intimacy with Madame du Deffand , a lady whose old age and blind- ness did not prevent her from keeping a great deal of the best company in Paris , whom she entertained by ...
... received with distinction . He con- tracted a very particular intimacy with Madame du Deffand , a lady whose old age and blind- ness did not prevent her from keeping a great deal of the best company in Paris , whom she entertained by ...
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... received kindly at every house ; and at last arriving at the end of her travels , she became a very great lady , and rose to be first maid of honour to the queen of the country . No. 3. THURSDAY , JANUARY 18 , 1753 . SIR , TO MR . FITZ ...
... received kindly at every house ; and at last arriving at the end of her travels , she became a very great lady , and rose to be first maid of honour to the queen of the country . No. 3. THURSDAY , JANUARY 18 , 1753 . SIR , TO MR . FITZ ...
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... received intelligence that my old friend and companion was just returned from Ja- maica , where he had married a planter's widow of immense fortune , buried her , and farmed out the estate she had left him for two thousand pounds a year ...
... received intelligence that my old friend and companion was just returned from Ja- maica , where he had married a planter's widow of immense fortune , buried her , and farmed out the estate she had left him for two thousand pounds a year ...
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