Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 1Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - Authors, English |
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... says ; an undertaking on which I feel myself perfectly at liberty to expatiate , it having been entirely and exclusive- ly under the superintendance of Mr. Sharpe , to whose taste and indefatiga- ble attention every lover of the fine ...
... says ; an undertaking on which I feel myself perfectly at liberty to expatiate , it having been entirely and exclusive- ly under the superintendance of Mr. Sharpe , to whose taste and indefatiga- ble attention every lover of the fine ...
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... says Gellius , " were called ' The Muses , ' others ' Sylvæ : ' one man calls his book ' Miner- va's Robe , ' another , The Horn of Amalthea . ' One is termed ' Honey - combs , ' another Pas- tures , ' another My own Readings ...
... says Gellius , " were called ' The Muses , ' others ' Sylvæ : ' one man calls his book ' Miner- va's Robe , ' another , The Horn of Amalthea . ' One is termed ' Honey - combs , ' another Pas- tures , ' another My own Readings ...
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... say , very different from the amiable author of the Miscellanea ap pears our next essayist . In principle bigotted and intolerant , coarse in style , and vehement in invective , we yet owe to COLLIER much ameliora- tion 30 GENERAL ...
... say , very different from the amiable author of the Miscellanea ap pears our next essayist . In principle bigotted and intolerant , coarse in style , and vehement in invective , we yet owe to COLLIER much ameliora- tion 30 GENERAL ...
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... says he , seem contrived for them , rather as they are women , than as they are rea- sonable creatures ; and are more adapted to the sex , than to the species . The toilet is their great scene of business , and the right adjusting of ...
... says he , seem contrived for them , rather as they are women , than as they are rea- sonable creatures ; and are more adapted to the sex , than to the species . The toilet is their great scene of business , and the right adjusting of ...
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... says he , was upon the death of my father , at which time I was not quite five years of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house 66 I re- meant , than possessed with a real understanding Biographical Sketch of Steele.
... says he , was upon the death of my father , at which time I was not quite five years of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house 66 I re- meant , than possessed with a real understanding Biographical Sketch of Steele.
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