The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 |
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... figures of the nine Muses on each side of it ; and , I believe , would be glad to come into the world in verse . ' We could not go on in our treaty , by reason of two or three critics that joined us . They had been talking , it seems ...
... figures of the nine Muses on each side of it ; and , I believe , would be glad to come into the world in verse . ' We could not go on in our treaty , by reason of two or three critics that joined us . They had been talking , it seems ...
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... figure of his dead parent drawn by a true filial piety ; his disdain of so unworthy a successor to his bed ; but , above all , the shortness of the time between his father's death and his mother's second marriage , brought together with ...
... figure of his dead parent drawn by a true filial piety ; his disdain of so unworthy a successor to his bed ; but , above all , the shortness of the time between his father's death and his mother's second marriage , brought together with ...
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... figure of a human creature . The admiration , the applause , the satisfaction , of the audience , during this strange entertainment , is not to be expressed . I was very much out of countenance for my dear countrymen , and looked about ...
... figure of a human creature . The admiration , the applause , the satisfaction , of the audience , during this strange entertainment , is not to be expressed . I was very much out of countenance for my dear countrymen , and looked about ...
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... figure in the eye of an intelligent being , than the greatest conqueror amidst the pomps and solemnities of a triumph . On the contrary , there is not a more ridiculous animal than an atheist in his retirement . His mind is incapable of ...
... figure in the eye of an intelligent being , than the greatest conqueror amidst the pomps and solemnities of a triumph . On the contrary , there is not a more ridiculous animal than an atheist in his retirement . His mind is incapable of ...
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... figure , you must consider him under the terrors , or at the approach of death . 6 6 About thirty years ago I was a - shipboard with one of these vermin , when there arose a brisk gale , which could frighten nobody but himself . Upon ...
... figure , you must consider him under the terrors , or at the approach of death . 6 6 About thirty years ago I was a - shipboard with one of these vermin , when there arose a brisk gale , which could frighten nobody but himself . Upon ...
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