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The present Enquiry is submitted to the public , with full assurance that the
Nobleman in question is entitled to that honour . Seldom , if ever , do the living
reap the reward of their labours : when death has fixed his seal to their writings it
remains ...
The present Enquiry is submitted to the public , with full assurance that the
Nobleman in question is entitled to that honour . Seldom , if ever , do the living
reap the reward of their labours : when death has fixed his seal to their writings it
remains ...
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It would far exceed the limits of my pen , and would swell the present volume to
an unnecessary size , were I to enter into the claims of those who have been
brought forward as candidates for the authorship of the Letters in question ; they
have ...
It would far exceed the limits of my pen , and would swell the present volume to
an unnecessary size , were I to enter into the claims of those who have been
brought forward as candidates for the authorship of the Letters in question ; they
have ...
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cal creeds so entirely at variance in many in . stances , and the circle of his
friends so opposite to that of Junius , that on an attentive perusal of his “ Memoirs
and Correspondence " , sufficient evidence appears to set the question at rest .
cal creeds so entirely at variance in many in . stances , and the circle of his
friends so opposite to that of Junius , that on an attentive perusal of his “ Memoirs
and Correspondence " , sufficient evidence appears to set the question at rest .
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Heassured me that he was ready and willing at all times to give any information
that lay in his power , it being a curious question which he should feel much
pleasure in seeing correctly ascertained . There was nothing disguised in his
remarks ...
Heassured me that he was ready and willing at all times to give any information
that lay in his power , it being a curious question which he should feel much
pleasure in seeing correctly ascertained . There was nothing disguised in his
remarks ...
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Upon the whole he considered , that as the affair in question was now at rest , it
would be as well not to revive it , lest animadversions should be made that would
tend to recall past events . His Grace more than once observed during the ...
Upon the whole he considered , that as the affair in question was now at rest , it
would be as well not to revive it , lest animadversions should be made that would
tend to recall past events . His Grace more than once observed during the ...
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| Title | A Critical Enquiry Regarding the Real Author of the Letters of Junius: Proving Them to Have Been Written by Lord Viscount Sackville |
| Author | George Coventry |
| Publisher | W. Phillips, 1825 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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