Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century: Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons; and Intended as a Sequel to the Literary Anecdotes, Volume 5author, 1828 - Authors, English |
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... ment of the marriage by a letter , accompanied with a settlement for life , which enabled her to continue the same establishment as when her brother lived with her . She returned no answer ; but some months afterwards a sort of ...
... ment of the marriage by a letter , accompanied with a settlement for life , which enabled her to continue the same establishment as when her brother lived with her . She returned no answer ; but some months afterwards a sort of ...
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... ment . He wandered not in vain among those fields and hills , so justly styled ' happy ' by our greatest lyric poet ; and he left Eton for the University of Cambridge , with a mind prepared for greater attain- ments , and capable of ...
... ment . He wandered not in vain among those fields and hills , so justly styled ' happy ' by our greatest lyric poet ; and he left Eton for the University of Cambridge , with a mind prepared for greater attain- ments , and capable of ...
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... ment . The celebrated and learned Count Firmian , the Austrian Minister at Milan , to whom he was in- troduced , noticed him , and became his intimate friend . From Count Firmian's powerful recom- mendation , Mr. Nicholls had access to ...
... ment . The celebrated and learned Count Firmian , the Austrian Minister at Milan , to whom he was in- troduced , noticed him , and became his intimate friend . From Count Firmian's powerful recom- mendation , Mr. Nicholls had access to ...
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... ment to his mother , to her extremest age , was sin- gularly affectionate , unremitting , and unvaried : and , with the pious choice of his illustrious friend Mr. Gray , in death he was not divided . " ' He always expressed his ...
... ment to his mother , to her extremest age , was sin- gularly affectionate , unremitting , and unvaried : and , with the pious choice of his illustrious friend Mr. Gray , in death he was not divided . " ' He always expressed his ...
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... ment , it appears , that a stipend of four marks was agreed to be paid by the Corporation for ever . Valuable as this foundation was , it was only the germ of that plant which was to succeed it . In the 42d of Elizabeth , a re ...
... ment , it appears , that a stipend of four marks was agreed to be paid by the Corporation for ever . Valuable as this foundation was , it was only the germ of that plant which was to succeed it . In the 42d of Elizabeth , a re ...
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