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... merit . " . JOHN- SON . " It was refused by one of the houses ; but I should have thought it would succeed , not from any great excellence in the writing , but from the novelty , and the general spirit and gaiety of the piece , which ...
... merit . " . JOHN- SON . " It was refused by one of the houses ; but I should have thought it would succeed , not from any great excellence in the writing , but from the novelty , and the general spirit and gaiety of the piece , which ...
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... merit , or , which is the same thing as to purchase - money , an authour who pleases the publick . ” " Dr. Robertson expatiated on the character of a certain nobleman ; that he was one of the strongest- minded men that ever lived ; that ...
... merit , or , which is the same thing as to purchase - money , an authour who pleases the publick . ” " Dr. Robertson expatiated on the character of a certain nobleman ; that he was one of the strongest- minded men that ever lived ; that ...
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... merit , and would be alert to embrace such an offer from a nobleman . But whether I had shewn an over- exultation , which provoked his spleen , or whether he was seized with a suspicion that I had obtruded him on Lord Marchmont , and ...
... merit , and would be alert to embrace such an offer from a nobleman . But whether I had shewn an over- exultation , which provoked his spleen , or whether he was seized with a suspicion that I had obtruded him on Lord Marchmont , and ...
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... merit . " At Streatham , on Monday , March 29 , at break- fast , he maintained that a father had no right to controul the inclinations of his daughters in mar- riage . On Wednesday , March 31 , when I visited him , and confessed an ...
... merit . " At Streatham , on Monday , March 29 , at break- fast , he maintained that a father had no right to controul the inclinations of his daughters in mar- riage . On Wednesday , March 31 , when I visited him , and confessed an ...
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... but as being descended , by the mother's side , from the able and learned Sir John Skene , whose merit bids defiance to all the attempts which have been made to lessen his fame . would thus modify ; -If you are idle , be 108 LIFE OF ...
... but as being descended , by the mother's side , from the able and learned Sir John Skene , whose merit bids defiance to all the attempts which have been made to lessen his fame . would thus modify ; -If you are idle , be 108 LIFE OF ...
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