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... PUBLISHED : THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN , FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED . BY JAMES BOSWELL , Esq . Quo fit ut OMNIS Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella VITA SENIS ...
... PUBLISHED : THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN , FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED . BY JAMES BOSWELL , Esq . Quo fit ut OMNIS Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella VITA SENIS ...
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... published in 1743 , in 3 vols . fol . He is best known , however , by his valuable antimonial preparation , under the name of " James's Powder . " - ED . 2 Surely it is no fallacy , but a sound and rational argument . He who is ...
... published in 1743 , in 3 vols . fol . He is best known , however , by his valuable antimonial preparation , under the name of " James's Powder . " - ED . 2 Surely it is no fallacy , but a sound and rational argument . He who is ...
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... published an abridged translation . He was born at Lisbon in 1593 , and died at Coimbra in 1678.—ED. 2 Sir John Pringle was one of the most eminent physicians and natural philosophers of his time . He was born in Roxburghshire in 1707 ...
... published an abridged translation . He was born at Lisbon in 1593 , and died at Coimbra in 1678.—ED. 2 Sir John Pringle was one of the most eminent physicians and natural philosophers of his time . He was born in Roxburghshire in 1707 ...
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... published in that paper . An arrest of judgment having been moved for , the case was afterwards solemnly argued . My friend , Mr. Const , whom I delight in having an opportunity to praise , not only for his abilities but his manners -a ...
... published in that paper . An arrest of judgment having been moved for , the case was afterwards solemnly argued . My friend , Mr. Const , whom I delight in having an opportunity to praise , not only for his abilities but his manners -a ...
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... publish an edition of Cowley . Johnson said , he did not know , but he should ; and he expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd , for having published a mutilated edition under the title of " Select Works of Abraham Cowley . " VOL . III ...
... publish an edition of Cowley . Johnson said , he did not know , but he should ; and he expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd , for having published a mutilated edition under the title of " Select Works of Abraham Cowley . " VOL . III ...
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