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Pàgina vii
... called this " invasion of their property ; " but , finding they had no legal redress , they very sensibly determined to protect themselves by printing a more elegant and extensive collection on their own account . To give this edition ...
... called this " invasion of their property ; " but , finding they had no legal redress , they very sensibly determined to protect themselves by printing a more elegant and extensive collection on their own account . To give this edition ...
Pàgina viii
... called Cook's Voyages , the forty " first booksellers in London " ought to have been ashamed of permitting him to rob himself to such an extent for their benefit . Malone , who knew the trade and the town well , asserts that they would ...
... called Cook's Voyages , the forty " first booksellers in London " ought to have been ashamed of permitting him to rob himself to such an extent for their benefit . Malone , who knew the trade and the town well , asserts that they would ...
Pàgina xxiv
... called upon Parliament for a vote of thanks to Sir Robert Napier , he spoke of his having " planted the standard of St. George upon the moun . tains of Rasselas . " 12 " In his fifty - third year he is beneficed by the royal bounty with ...
... called upon Parliament for a vote of thanks to Sir Robert Napier , he spoke of his having " planted the standard of St. George upon the moun . tains of Rasselas . " 12 " In his fifty - third year he is beneficed by the royal bounty with ...
Pàgina 2
... called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was ...
... called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was ...
Pàgina 7
... called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met with the usual fortune of complaints , and seems to have excited more contempt than pity . These unlucky incidents are brought , maliciously enough ...
... called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met with the usual fortune of complaints , and seems to have excited more contempt than pity . These unlucky incidents are brought , maliciously enough ...
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