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Page 14
... excellent " Treatise of Equity , " printed anonymously in 1742 , and lately republished with very valuable additions , by John Fonblanque , Esq . Mr. Ballow died suddenly in London , July 26 , 1782 , aged seventy - five , and is ...
... excellent " Treatise of Equity , " printed anonymously in 1742 , and lately republished with very valuable additions , by John Fonblanque , Esq . Mr. Ballow died suddenly in London , July 26 , 1782 , aged seventy - five , and is ...
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... excellent translator of " The Lusiad , " was there . I have preserved little of the conversation of this evening . Dr. Johnson said , " Thomson had a true poetical genius , the power of viewing everything in a poetical light . His fault ...
... excellent translator of " The Lusiad , " was there . I have preserved little of the conversation of this evening . Dr. Johnson said , " Thomson had a true poetical genius , the power of viewing everything in a poetical light . His fault ...
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... excellent " Essay on the Learning of Shakspeare " is addressed ; and also Dr. Harwood , who has written and published various works , particularly a fantastical translation of the New Tes- tament in modern phrase , and with a Socinian ...
... excellent " Essay on the Learning of Shakspeare " is addressed ; and also Dr. Harwood , who has written and published various works , particularly a fantastical translation of the New Tes- tament in modern phrase , and with a Socinian ...
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... excellent in its kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participation of any ...
... excellent in its kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participation of any ...
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... excellent dissertation , of which he dictated the first eight para- graphs on the 10th of May , and the remainder on the 13th , that there are in the whole only seven corrections , or rather variations , and those not considerable ...
... excellent dissertation , of which he dictated the first eight para- graphs on the 10th of May , and the remainder on the 13th , that there are in the whole only seven corrections , or rather variations , and those not considerable ...
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