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Page viii
... Human Wishes ; and Boswell dwells effusively on the " fervid rapidity " with which that performance was produced . " I have heard him say , that he com- posed seventy lines of it in one day , without putting one of them upon paper till ...
... Human Wishes ; and Boswell dwells effusively on the " fervid rapidity " with which that performance was produced . " I have heard him say , that he com- posed seventy lines of it in one day , without putting one of them upon paper till ...
Page ix
... Human Wishes , the Rambler , the essays for Hawkesworth's Adventurer , the Dictionary , the Idler , and the proposals for Shakes- peare . Hence , too , he dispatched that epistle to Chesterfield , which is still the pride of independent ...
... Human Wishes , the Rambler , the essays for Hawkesworth's Adventurer , the Dictionary , the Idler , and the proposals for Shakes- peare . Hence , too , he dispatched that epistle to Chesterfield , which is still the pride of independent ...
Page xvii
... Human Wishes . With another of the proprietors of the Dictionary , Andrew Millar , " over - against St. Clement's Church , in the Strand " ( No. 141 ) , he must also have been on dining terms . " I respect Millar , Sir ; he has raised ...
... Human Wishes . With another of the proprietors of the Dictionary , Andrew Millar , " over - against St. Clement's Church , in the Strand " ( No. 141 ) , he must also have been on dining terms . " I respect Millar , Sir ; he has raised ...
Page xx
... human felicity . " With such opinions it is not surprising that , rightly or wrongly , many of the places of entertain- ment in his immediate neighbourhood are associated with his name ; and Leigh Hunt hardly exaggerates when he ...
... human felicity . " With such opinions it is not surprising that , rightly or wrongly , many of the places of entertain- ment in his immediate neighbourhood are associated with his name ; and Leigh Hunt hardly exaggerates when he ...
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... humanity ; but we do not feel them the less . Let me particularly lament the Reverend THOMAS WARTON , aud the Reverend Dr. ADAMS , Mr. WARTON , amidst his variety of genius and learning , was an excellent Biographer . His contributions ...
... humanity ; but we do not feel them the less . Let me particularly lament the Reverend THOMAS WARTON , aud the Reverend Dr. ADAMS , Mr. WARTON , amidst his variety of genius and learning , was an excellent Biographer . His contributions ...
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