The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... honour , that , when at Westminster election he stood a candidate for one of the universities , he so signally distinguished himself by his conspicuous performances , that there arose no small contention , between the representative ...
... honour , that , when at Westminster election he stood a candidate for one of the universities , he so signally distinguished himself by his conspicuous performances , that there arose no small contention , between the representative ...
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... honour . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature , nobody shone to greater ad- vantage ; he seemed to be that Memmius whom Lucretius speaks of ...
... honour . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature , nobody shone to greater ad- vantage ; he seemed to be that Memmius whom Lucretius speaks of ...
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... honour enough to be easy , without touching the favours she flung in his way when offered to him at a price of a more durable reputation . He took care to have no dealings with mankind , in which he could not be just ; and he desired to ...
... honour enough to be easy , without touching the favours she flung in his way when offered to him at a price of a more durable reputation . He took care to have no dealings with mankind , in which he could not be just ; and he desired to ...
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... honour and some profit in the college ; but , when the election came , the preference was given to Mr. Foulkes , his junior : the same , I suppose , that joined with Freind in an edition of part of Demosthenes . The censor is a tutor ...
... honour and some profit in the college ; but , when the election came , the preference was given to Mr. Foulkes , his junior : the same , I suppose , that joined with Freind in an edition of part of Demosthenes . The censor is a tutor ...
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... honour to his name , might have been concealed . Of Smith I can yet say a little more . He was a man of such estimation among his companions , that the casual censures or praises which he dropped in conversation were considered , like ...
... honour to his name , might have been concealed . Of Smith I can yet say a little more . He was a man of such estimation among his companions , that the casual censures or praises which he dropped in conversation were considered , like ...
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