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Page xxxvii
... thing that relates to him peculiarly interesting . LORD MACARTNEY favoured me with his own copy of my book , with a number of notes , of which I have availed myself . On the first leaf I found in his Lordship's hand- writing , an ...
... thing that relates to him peculiarly interesting . LORD MACARTNEY favoured me with his own copy of my book , with a number of notes , of which I have availed myself . On the first leaf I found in his Lordship's hand- writing , an ...
Page xxxix
... thing which had not the sanction of his approbation . The remarks of his friends are distinguished as formerly , except those of Mr. MALONE , to which the letter M. is now subjoined . Those to which the letter K. is affixed , were ...
... thing which had not the sanction of his approbation . The remarks of his friends are distinguished as formerly , except those of Mr. MALONE , to which the letter M. is now subjoined . Those to which the letter K. is affixed , were ...
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... 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 strange insipid creatures ; and yet I ...
... 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 strange insipid creatures ; and yet I ...
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... thing , however slight , which my illustrious friend thought it worth his while to express , with any degree of point , should perish . For this almost superstitious reverence , I have found very old and 1 Rambler , No. 60 . venerable ...
... thing , however slight , which my illustrious friend thought it worth his while to express , with any degree of point , should perish . For this almost superstitious reverence , I have found very old and 1 Rambler , No. 60 . venerable ...
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... things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authours have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am certain , that considering how highly the small portion which we have of the table - talk and ...
... things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authours have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am certain , that considering how highly the small portion which we have of the table - talk and ...
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