Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc, Part 1William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin H. Colburn, 1817 |
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... remarkable Personages . VI . ESSAYS on the FINE ARTS , which shall be conducted with due regard to Science and Liberality . VII . REVIEW of BRITISH and FOREIGN DRAMA ; including the Italian Opera , with NEW MUSIC , & c . VIII ...
... remarkable Personages . VI . ESSAYS on the FINE ARTS , which shall be conducted with due regard to Science and Liberality . VII . REVIEW of BRITISH and FOREIGN DRAMA ; including the Italian Opera , with NEW MUSIC , & c . VIII ...
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... remarkable man , we have only to express our concurrence ; but the judgment which is passed upon his literary talents sufficiently proves that the feelings of No persons can be less disposed than ourselves to the founders of the Scotch ...
... remarkable man , we have only to express our concurrence ; but the judgment which is passed upon his literary talents sufficiently proves that the feelings of No persons can be less disposed than ourselves to the founders of the Scotch ...
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... remarkable for their cheerful airs . Memoirs renders this tribute of justice to Monsigny . Though he preceded Gretry on the Lyric scene , the latter , with the Lyre in his hand , first departed for the dismal shore . Henceforth united ...
... remarkable for their cheerful airs . Memoirs renders this tribute of justice to Monsigny . Though he preceded Gretry on the Lyric scene , the latter , with the Lyre in his hand , first departed for the dismal shore . Henceforth united ...
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... remarkable , that a to make them ; at the end of which time , they shall be Comedy which had been approved by such men as Gar - found , like batched eggs , quite fit for bursting . rick , Murphy , and Dr. Johnson , should have remained ...
... remarkable , that a to make them ; at the end of which time , they shall be Comedy which had been approved by such men as Gar - found , like batched eggs , quite fit for bursting . rick , Murphy , and Dr. Johnson , should have remained ...
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... remarkable letter in this collection . Lavoisier , Diderot , M. Garat , and Madame de Stael , have likewise been placed under contribution . Among the observations of the last mentioned writer , we THE first and one of the most remarkable ...
... remarkable letter in this collection . Lavoisier , Diderot , M. Garat , and Madame de Stael , have likewise been placed under contribution . Among the observations of the last mentioned writer , we THE first and one of the most remarkable ...
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