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Page viii
... least , be supposed to have gained strength from the ex- ample before him . During that connexion there was , if we believe Sir John Hawkins , a short separation between our author and his wife ; but a reconciliation soon took place ...
... least , be supposed to have gained strength from the ex- ample before him . During that connexion there was , if we believe Sir John Hawkins , a short separation between our author and his wife ; but a reconciliation soon took place ...
Page ix
... least be placed on to take a house in Gough - square , Fleet - street . a level with Pope's to the tragedy of Cato . The playhouse being now under Garrick's direction . * Mr . Boswell says , " The simple truth I had from John- son ...
... least be placed on to take a house in Gough - square , Fleet - street . a level with Pope's to the tragedy of Cato . The playhouse being now under Garrick's direction . * Mr . Boswell says , " The simple truth I had from John- son ...
Page xiii
... least unamia- two hundred pounds . In 1766 , she published , ble , and most incident to a good mind . If our by subscription , a quarto volume of Miscella sensations of kindness be intense , those , whom nies , and increased her little ...
... least unamia- two hundred pounds . In 1766 , she published , ble , and most incident to a good mind . If our by subscription , a quarto volume of Miscella sensations of kindness be intense , those , whom nies , and increased her little ...
Page xxi
... least , of those celebrated per- the last time upon the face , that , for fifteen years sons would have been written for the benefit of before , had never been turned upon me but with posterity . Swift , it seems , had the idea of such ...
... least , of those celebrated per- the last time upon the face , that , for fifteen years sons would have been written for the benefit of before , had never been turned upon me but with posterity . Swift , it seems , had the idea of such ...
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... least firmaments and new lights that are sunk further would admire the splendour and dignity of the in those unfathomable depths of æther , we are style . And yet it is well known that he praised lost in a labyrinth of suns and worlds ...
... least firmaments and new lights that are sunk further would admire the splendour and dignity of the in those unfathomable depths of æther , we are style . And yet it is well known that he praised lost in a labyrinth of suns and worlds ...
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