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... literary curiosity , " The Diary of a Visit to England in 1775. " This Diary , after reposing behind an old press in one of the offices of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for no one knows how long , was discovered and published at ...
... literary curiosity , " The Diary of a Visit to England in 1775. " This Diary , after reposing behind an old press in one of the offices of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for no one knows how long , was discovered and published at ...
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... literary assistance The Dictionary His opinion of Pope On French writers " Have done with canting ' Some Parodies by Johnson Verses In Theatro Sad scene described between Dr. Lawrence and Johnson Johnson on modern politics His love for ...
... literary assistance The Dictionary His opinion of Pope On French writers " Have done with canting ' Some Parodies by Johnson Verses In Theatro Sad scene described between Dr. Lawrence and Johnson Johnson on modern politics His love for ...
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... literary company , whether officer or subaltern , naturally becomes either author or critic , so that little less than the recollec- tion that it was once the request of the deceased , and twice the desire of those whose will I ever ...
... literary company , whether officer or subaltern , naturally becomes either author or critic , so that little less than the recollec- tion that it was once the request of the deceased , and twice the desire of those whose will I ever ...
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... literary assistance to others , 1 I think ; and innumerable are the prefaces , sermons , lectures , and dedications which he used to make for people who begged of him . Mr. Murphy related in his and my hearing one day , and he did not ...
... literary assistance to others , 1 I think ; and innumerable are the prefaces , sermons , lectures , and dedications which he used to make for people who begged of him . Mr. Murphy related in his and my hearing one day , and he did not ...
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... literary reputation , yet no man could be more enraged than he , if an enemy , taking advantage of this confession , twitted him with his ignorance ; and I remember when the king of Denmark was in England , one of his noblemen was ...
... literary reputation , yet no man could be more enraged than he , if an enemy , taking advantage of this confession , twitted him with his ignorance ; and I remember when the king of Denmark was in England , one of his noblemen was ...
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