The IdlerJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... , Seventy - fixth , Seventy - ninth , eighty - fecond , ninety - third , ninety - fixth , and ninety- eighth Papers he claims no other praise than that of having given them to the Publick . THE IDLE R. 66 Duplex libelli dos eft , quod.
... , Seventy - fixth , Seventy - ninth , eighty - fecond , ninety - third , ninety - fixth , and ninety- eighth Papers he claims no other praise than that of having given them to the Publick . THE IDLE R. 66 Duplex libelli dos eft , quod.
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... - clarations of esteem , or confeffions of inability ; confcious dulnefs has little right to be prolix , and praise is not so welcome to the Idler as quiet . NUMB . 2. SATURDAY , April 22 , 1758 . 4 N ° 1 . THE IDLE R.
... - clarations of esteem , or confeffions of inability ; confcious dulnefs has little right to be prolix , and praise is not so welcome to the Idler as quiet . NUMB . 2. SATURDAY , April 22 , 1758 . 4 N ° 1 . THE IDLE R.
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... praise , nor received one hint from any correfpondent . Whence this negligence proceeds I am not able to difcover . Many of my predeceffors have thought themselves obliged to return their acknowledgments in the fecond paper , for the ...
... praise , nor received one hint from any correfpondent . Whence this negligence proceeds I am not able to difcover . Many of my predeceffors have thought themselves obliged to return their acknowledgments in the fecond paper , for the ...
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... praise be withheld till it is better deferved . But furely I may be al- lowed to complain that , in a nation of authors , not one has thought me worthy of notice after fo fair an invitation . At the time when the rage of writing has ...
... praise be withheld till it is better deferved . But furely I may be al- lowed to complain that , in a nation of authors , not one has thought me worthy of notice after fo fair an invitation . At the time when the rage of writing has ...
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... praises he enjoys ; and who serves him instead of a fenate or a theatre ; as the young foldiers in the Roman camp learned the use of their weapons by fencing against a poft in the place of an enemy . Another has his pockets filled with ...
... praises he enjoys ; and who serves him instead of a fenate or a theatre ; as the young foldiers in the Roman camp learned the use of their weapons by fencing against a poft in the place of an enemy . Another has his pockets filled with ...
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