Essays and LettersJohn Sharpe, 1820 - 340 Seiten |
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... first collected and presented them in a regular form to the world . From their instructive nature , it was impossible that , in a series of English classics , they should not constitute a link . Few authors have written in a more ...
... first collected and presented them in a regular form to the world . From their instructive nature , it was impossible that , in a series of English classics , they should not constitute a link . Few authors have written in a more ...
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... , to say any thing to my own disadvan- tage . It is very common with authors in their first per- formances , to talk to their readers thus : " If this . meets with a suitable reception , or , if this MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 5.
... , to say any thing to my own disadvan- tage . It is very common with authors in their first per- formances , to talk to their readers thus : " If this . meets with a suitable reception , or , if this MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 5.
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... first paper , I invited the learned and the in- genious to join with me in this undertaking ; and I now repeat that invitation . I would have such gen- tlemen take this opportunity ( by trying their talent in writing ) of diverting ...
... first paper , I invited the learned and the in- genious to join with me in this undertaking ; and I now repeat that invitation . I would have such gen- tlemen take this opportunity ( by trying their talent in writing ) of diverting ...
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... first line of my lectures , if they were actually filled with nothing but whole- some precepts and advice , I must therefore some > times humour them in their own way . There are a set of great names in the province , who are the common ...
... first line of my lectures , if they were actually filled with nothing but whole- some precepts and advice , I must therefore some > times humour them in their own way . There are a set of great names in the province , who are the common ...
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... first hearing ; but it passes among the Turks for a high gratification ; and I will say this in its vindica- tion , that its design is very wise and useful : for it is understood to give a civil dismission to the visit- ants ...
... first hearing ; but it passes among the Turks for a high gratification ; and I will say this in its vindica- tion , that its design is very wise and useful : for it is understood to give a civil dismission to the visit- ants ...
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