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... endeavour I have had the assist- ance not only of some of my particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the work with many valuable additions ...
... endeavour I have had the assist- ance not only of some of my particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the work with many valuable additions ...
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... endeavour at rising in life . But such was his inflexible dignity of character , that he could not stoop to court the great ; without which , hardly any man has made his way to a high station . He could not expect to produce many such ...
... endeavour at rising in life . But such was his inflexible dignity of character , that he could not stoop to court the great ; without which , hardly any man has made his way to a high station . He could not expect to produce many such ...
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... endeavour to see things as they are , and then inquire whether we ought to complain . Whether to see life as it is , will give us much consolation , I know not ; but the conso- lation which is drawn from truth , if any there be , is ...
... endeavour to see things as they are , and then inquire whether we ought to complain . Whether to see life as it is , will give us much consolation , I know not ; but the conso- lation which is drawn from truth , if any there be , is ...
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17091731 | 1 |
Death of Johnsons FatherIntercourse with Society in Lichfield Gilbert Walmesley | 30 |
17371738 | 47 |
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