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... give , For we that live to please , must please to live . " Boswell , however , makes but scanty references to the theatre ; and his most interesting records show how , in his capacity as playwright , the great man “ enlivened his ...
... give , For we that live to please , must please to live . " Boswell , however , makes but scanty references to the theatre ; and his most interesting records show how , in his capacity as playwright , the great man “ enlivened his ...
Page xx
... give , the more good things you call for , the welcomer you are . No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do , who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion as they please . No , sir ; there is ...
... give , the more good things you call for , the welcomer you are . No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do , who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion as they please . No , sir ; there is ...
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... give the same details with regard to the topo- graphical illustrations in the text ; a general description of the scheme followed is , however , necessary . Mr. Railton has drawn them from the buildings themselves , in such cases as ...
... give the same details with regard to the topo- graphical illustrations in the text ; a general description of the scheme followed is , however , necessary . Mr. Railton has drawn them from the buildings themselves , in such cases as ...
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... give the strongest testimony to its fidelity ; but before a second edition , which he contributed to improve , could be finished , the world has been deprived of that most valuable man ; a loss of which the regret will be deep , and ...
... give the strongest testimony to its fidelity ; but before a second edition , which he contributed to improve , could be finished , the world has been deprived of that most valuable man ; a loss of which the regret will be deep , and ...
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... give you what satisfaction I can in any thing you want to be satisfied in any subject of Milton , and am extremely glad you intend to write his life . Almost all the life - writers we have had before Toland and Desmaiseaux , are indeed ...
... give you what satisfaction I can in any thing you want to be satisfied in any subject of Milton , and am extremely glad you intend to write his life . Almost all the life - writers we have had before Toland and Desmaiseaux , are indeed ...
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