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... appears to have been hastily written , a few months only before his death ; and although the dates are sometimes inaccurate , and the notices too brief to supply more than a reference , it suggested inquiries , which have sometimes ...
... appears to have been hastily written , a few months only before his death ; and although the dates are sometimes inaccurate , and the notices too brief to supply more than a reference , it suggested inquiries , which have sometimes ...
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... appear to us , as under a different light than what he does at present ; for the life of no man can be pronounced either happy or miserable , virtuous or abandoned , before the conclu- sion of it . It was upon this reflection , that ...
... appear to us , as under a different light than what he does at present ; for the life of no man can be pronounced either happy or miserable , virtuous or abandoned , before the conclu- sion of it . It was upon this reflection , that ...
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... appear as an author was perhaps prudently checked by the advice of his friends ; and the proposed publication , from which he expected an increase of reputation , was reluctantly post- poned . This comedy , which bears the title of ...
... appear as an author was perhaps prudently checked by the advice of his friends ; and the proposed publication , from which he expected an increase of reputation , was reluctantly post- poned . This comedy , which bears the title of ...
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... appear ridiculous , when con- trasted with the enlarged estimate of a competence in these times . But this sum , in fact , was more than the wise economy of a college life then made necessary for a single man , whose habits of prudence ...
... appear ridiculous , when con- trasted with the enlarged estimate of a competence in these times . But this sum , in fact , was more than the wise economy of a college life then made necessary for a single man , whose habits of prudence ...
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... appear in public as an author , before a maturity of judgment had made him see the danger of the step . If ( to quote his own words ) he had reflected on the little solid glory which a man reaps from acquiring a name in literature , on ...
... appear in public as an author , before a maturity of judgment had made him see the danger of the step . If ( to quote his own words ) he had reflected on the little solid glory which a man reaps from acquiring a name in literature , on ...
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