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Page vi
... attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a dedication , when I mention that there has been a long ...
... attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a dedication , when I mention that there has been a long ...
Page ix
... attention with which I have col- lected and arranged the materials of which these volumes are composed , will hardly be conceived by those who read them with careless facility . The stretch of mind and prompt assiduity by which so many ...
... attention with which I have col- lected and arranged the materials of which these volumes are composed , will hardly be conceived by those who read them with careless facility . The stretch of mind and prompt assiduity by which so many ...
Page xiii
... attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of reli- gion , morality , loyalty , and subordination , while it de- lights and improves the wise ...
... attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of reli- gion , morality , loyalty , and subordination , while it de- lights and improves the wise ...
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... attention of the publick to the performance of Comus , which was next day to be acted at Drury - lane playhouse for the benefit of Milton's grand - daughter ; acknowl . Preface and postscript to Lauder's pamphlet , entitled , an Essay ...
... attention of the publick to the performance of Comus , which was next day to be acted at Drury - lane playhouse for the benefit of Milton's grand - daughter ; acknowl . Preface and postscript to Lauder's pamphlet , entitled , an Essay ...
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... attention to incidents which the credulous relate with eager satisfaction , and the more scrupulous or witty inquirer considers only as topicks of ridicule : yet there is a traditional story of the infant Hercules of toryism , so ...
... attention to incidents which the credulous relate with eager satisfaction , and the more scrupulous or witty inquirer considers only as topicks of ridicule : yet there is a traditional story of the infant Hercules of toryism , so ...
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