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Page 245
It is his business to judge ; and you those two writers , he used this expression ; are not to be confident in your own opinion " that there was as great a difference bethat a cause is bad , but to say all you can tween them ...
It is his business to judge ; and you those two writers , he used this expression ; are not to be confident in your own opinion " that there was as great a difference bethat a cause is bad , but to say all you can tween them ...
Page 275
And I will venture to say , the speeches in parliament written by him for employment would not be disagreeable to the magazine , none of which , in his opinion , him ; and knowing , as I do , his strong affec- were at all like real ...
And I will venture to say , the speeches in parliament written by him for employment would not be disagreeable to the magazine , none of which , in his opinion , him ; and knowing , as I do , his strong affec- were at all like real ...
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The unfavourable opinion of Mrs. Montagu's the South Seas . . I began with observing , book , which Dr. Johnson is here reported to have that Mr. ( now Sir Joseph ) Banks tells us , given , is known to have been that which he uni- that ...
The unfavourable opinion of Mrs. Montagu's the South Seas . . I began with observing , book , which Dr. Johnson is here reported to have that Mr. ( now Sir Joseph ) Banks tells us , given , is known to have been that which he uni- that ...
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