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Page 109
... Correspondence , not published by Hayley , so pleasingly exhibit the playful and happy dispositions of his own mind under the newly awakened influence by which he was now directed , and at the same time explain so many particulars of ...
... Correspondence , not published by Hayley , so pleasingly exhibit the playful and happy dispositions of his own mind under the newly awakened influence by which he was now directed , and at the same time explain so many particulars of ...
Page 204
... correspondence , were oc submitted for his correction . This duty he never when the poetry seemed adapted to be useful . E anxiously engaged on the concluding parts of his v could yet devote his mornings - the most importa of his ...
... correspondence , were oc submitted for his correction . This duty he never when the poetry seemed adapted to be useful . E anxiously engaged on the concluding parts of his v could yet devote his mornings - the most importa of his ...
Page 206
... Correspondence will best illus principles upon which he proceeded in revising . foresee , when I challenged you to a brisker corres that a new engagement of all my leisure was at hand and yet an old one , emendations for another imp ...
... Correspondence will best illus principles upon which he proceeded in revising . foresee , when I challenged you to a brisker corres that a new engagement of all my leisure was at hand and yet an old one , emendations for another imp ...
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