Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century: Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons; and Intended as a Sequel to the Literary Anecdotes, Volume 6author, 1831 - Authors, English |
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... believe not without sufficient reason , for he was extravagant and dissipated . My father never mentioned his name , but my mother would sometimes tell me that he had ruined the family . That he spent much I know ; but I am inclined to ...
... believe not without sufficient reason , for he was extravagant and dissipated . My father never mentioned his name , but my mother would sometimes tell me that he had ruined the family . That he spent much I know ; but I am inclined to ...
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... believe , by gradual and natural decay ; but the remaining one made ample amends for the absence of its fellow , having a remarkable quickness and brilliancy , and a power of expressing every variety of feeling . His head was of a very ...
... believe , by gradual and natural decay ; but the remaining one made ample amends for the absence of its fellow , having a remarkable quickness and brilliancy , and a power of expressing every variety of feeling . His head was of a very ...
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... believe , into the Royal Observatory at Greenwich . While his nights were engaged at this place in star- gazing for Dr. Maskelyne , he was employed by day in studying Latin and Greek , which at length ena- bled him to get into holy ...
... believe , into the Royal Observatory at Greenwich . While his nights were engaged at this place in star- gazing for Dr. Maskelyne , he was employed by day in studying Latin and Greek , which at length ena- bled him to get into holy ...
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... believe either had so much left , if as much , as was sufficient to defray their funeral expences ; but , there is that scattereth and yet increaseth , ' & c . and however differently more contracted and sordid ninds may think of the ...
... believe either had so much left , if as much , as was sufficient to defray their funeral expences ; but , there is that scattereth and yet increaseth , ' & c . and however differently more contracted and sordid ninds may think of the ...
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... believe his heart is by no means inferior to the goodness of his head . I shall extremely regret it , if such distinguished talents do not receive every possible and advantageous cultivation , the more especially as on this circumstance ...
... believe his heart is by no means inferior to the goodness of his head . I shall extremely regret it , if such distinguished talents do not receive every possible and advantageous cultivation , the more especially as on this circumstance ...
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