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... or objects of public attention and curiosity : - as well as the diligence we have
shewn in collecting authentic biographic accounts of those characters , never
depending on idle report , or secondary authority for information ; nor on the
strength ...
... or objects of public attention and curiosity : - as well as the diligence we have
shewn in collecting authentic biographic accounts of those characters , never
depending on idle report , or secondary authority for information ; nor on the
strength ...
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Robespierre may be compared to those trees , which , by produce ing fruit too
early , become the sooner barren ; for he is said never to have exhibited any
talents but during his youth : - Vain , jealous , quarrelsome , obstinate ; they who ...
Robespierre may be compared to those trees , which , by produce ing fruit too
early , become the sooner barren ; for he is said never to have exhibited any
talents but during his youth : - Vain , jealous , quarrelsome , obstinate ; they who ...
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My ground never afforded so large a crop of grass ; how eagerly have I
anticipated the sum it would produce , and to ... Had I never expected it , had my
land yielded at first but a scanty supply , I should have remained satisfied ; or , at
least ...
My ground never afforded so large a crop of grass ; how eagerly have I
anticipated the sum it would produce , and to ... Had I never expected it , had my
land yielded at first but a scanty supply , I should have remained satisfied ; or , at
least ...
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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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