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Pagina xix
... state of literary composition . Yet perhaps it would be wrong to blame writers who , as candidates for public favour , aim at excellencies more in demand than fami- liarity or fimple elegance , and who seem to be goaded fometimes by ...
... state of literary composition . Yet perhaps it would be wrong to blame writers who , as candidates for public favour , aim at excellencies more in demand than fami- liarity or fimple elegance , and who seem to be goaded fometimes by ...
Pagina xxviii
... state , the inequa- lity of condition was not very great † . " It is generally agreed , however , that in one way or other she made his life uncomfortable ; that he had frequently recourse to the society of his friends at a tavern ; and ...
... state , the inequa- lity of condition was not very great † . " It is generally agreed , however , that in one way or other she made his life uncomfortable ; that he had frequently recourse to the society of his friends at a tavern ; and ...
Pagina xxxi
... state . From negligence , or want of matter , or want of leisure , for he was a man of many projects , he was frequently unprepared , and on this account it is on record , that the press has been sometimes stopped ; but when he deter ...
... state . From negligence , or want of matter , or want of leisure , for he was a man of many projects , he was frequently unprepared , and on this account it is on record , that the press has been sometimes stopped ; but when he deter ...
Pagina xxxii
... state , to the place of accountant and comptroller general ; and as he had fome time before fucceeded to the family estate , valued at 950l . per annum , though somewhat encumbered by his father's prodigality , he was ex- empted from ...
... state , to the place of accountant and comptroller general ; and as he had fome time before fucceeded to the family estate , valued at 950l . per annum , though somewhat encumbered by his father's prodigality , he was ex- empted from ...
Pagina xxxiii
... state was fent to the Duke , to acquaint him , " that he might take any man in England for his fecretary , excepting Mr. BUDGELL , but that he must not take him * . " After this event , his life appears to have been wasted in a ...
... state was fent to the Duke , to acquaint him , " that he might take any man in England for his fecretary , excepting Mr. BUDGELL , but that he must not take him * . " After this event , his life appears to have been wasted in a ...
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