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The piactice of abridging or epitomizing voluminous productions of merit , is
become so common , thar nearly one half of the pub . licaiions of each month are
nothing more than abstracts of preceding productions . The custom is
undoubtedly ...
The piactice of abridging or epitomizing voluminous productions of merit , is
become so common , thar nearly one half of the pub . licaiions of each month are
nothing more than abstracts of preceding productions . The custom is
undoubtedly ...
Page 217
The composition is , in general , fluent and casy , and the whole work indicates
merit of no inferior order . It is , a fiction founded upon remote historical fact . The
Testimony of Truth to exalted Merit ; or , a Biographical Sketch of the Right ...
The composition is , in general , fluent and casy , and the whole work indicates
merit of no inferior order . It is , a fiction founded upon remote historical fact . The
Testimony of Truth to exalted Merit ; or , a Biographical Sketch of the Right ...
Page 262
The Sultan was received with the highest applause , and Mrs . Abington ' s merit
in Roxallana , was so much admired , that the Appelles of the day , ( Sir Joshua
Reynolds ) thought it worthy of his pencil to paint our heroine in that character .
The Sultan was received with the highest applause , and Mrs . Abington ' s merit
in Roxallana , was so much admired , that the Appelles of the day , ( Sir Joshua
Reynolds ) thought it worthy of his pencil to paint our heroine in that character .
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Contents
Incidents illustrated 14 DRAMATIC | 17 |
Characters No I A Sailor 22 Modern Writers and Modern Taste 47 | 23 |
Doveridge or the Monster 27 To Mrs Herbert Croft 52 | 33 |
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