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... historical twopence - halfpenny , he had apparently never visited it since , as a child of two and a half , he had been brought from Lichfield to town by his mother to be touched for the evil by her Majesty Queen Anne . At this date ...
... historical twopence - halfpenny , he had apparently never visited it since , as a child of two and a half , he had been brought from Lichfield to town by his mother to be touched for the evil by her Majesty Queen Anne . At this date ...
Page vii
... History of the Council of Trent of Sarpi , Macaulay's " favourite modern historian , " which proposals , according to the Weekly Miscellany for 21st October , 1738 , were to be had of ( among others ) " the Translator , at No. 6 , in ...
... History of the Council of Trent of Sarpi , Macaulay's " favourite modern historian , " which proposals , according to the Weekly Miscellany for 21st October , 1738 , were to be had of ( among others ) " the Translator , at No. 6 , in ...
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... historical , for the opening of Drury Lane in 1747. This , besides the well - known lines on Shakespeare , - " Each change of many - colour'd life he drew , Exhausted worlds and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded ...
... historical , for the opening of Drury Lane in 1747. This , besides the well - known lines on Shakespeare , - " Each change of many - colour'd life he drew , Exhausted worlds and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded ...
Page xxxiv
... history all ought to be told . " Such a sanction to my faculty of giving a just representation of Dr. JOHNSON I could not conceal . Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness , that by recording so considerable a portion ...
... history all ought to be told . " Such a sanction to my faculty of giving a just representation of Dr. JOHNSON I could not conceal . Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness , that by recording so considerable a portion ...
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... History , is exhibited by the Authour for the best advantage of his readers : -Quid virtus et quid sapientia possit , Utile proposuit nobis examplar Ulyssen . Should there be any cold - blooded and morose mortals who really dislike this ...
... History , is exhibited by the Authour for the best advantage of his readers : -Quid virtus et quid sapientia possit , Utile proposuit nobis examplar Ulyssen . Should there be any cold - blooded and morose mortals who really dislike this ...
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