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... shew . As he was so good as to make me a present of the greatest part of the original , and indeed only manuscript of this ad- mirable work , I have an opportunity of observing with wonder the correctness with which he rapidly struck ...
... shew . As he was so good as to make me a present of the greatest part of the original , and indeed only manuscript of this ad- mirable work , I have an opportunity of observing with wonder the correctness with which he rapidly struck ...
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... shew the narrowness of the definer ; though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made . Let us look round upon the present time , and back upon the past ; let us enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the ...
... shew the narrowness of the definer ; though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made . Let us look round upon the present time , and back upon the past ; let us enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the ...
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... shew little wit and [ no ] little virtue . " [ Perhaps ] certainly he had not the fire requisite for the higher species of lyrick poetry . " 66 Various Readings in the Life of TICKELL . [ Longed ] long wished to peruse it . " At the ...
... shew little wit and [ no ] little virtue . " [ Perhaps ] certainly he had not the fire requisite for the higher species of lyrick poetry . " 66 Various Readings in the Life of TICKELL . [ Longed ] long wished to peruse it . " At the ...
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... shew where they think me wrong . 99 While my friend is thus contemplated in the splen- dour derived from his last and perhaps most admira- ble work , I introduce him with peculiar propriety as the correspondent of WARREN HASTINGS ! a ...
... shew where they think me wrong . 99 While my friend is thus contemplated in the splen- dour derived from his last and perhaps most admira- ble work , I introduce him with peculiar propriety as the correspondent of WARREN HASTINGS ! a ...
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... shew the young man what countenance is fit , whether he wants to be restrained by your authority , or encouraged by your favour . His father is now President of the College of Physicians , a man ve- nerable for his knowledge , and more ...
... shew the young man what countenance is fit , whether he wants to be restrained by your authority , or encouraged by your favour . His father is now President of the College of Physicians , a man ve- nerable for his knowledge , and more ...
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