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Page 160
... success of his first poetical adventures ; and in spite of the remonstrances of some prudent friends , came shortly after to Edinburgh , and commenced author by profession . Here , a- mong other miscellaneous exertions , he attempted a ...
... success of his first poetical adventures ; and in spite of the remonstrances of some prudent friends , came shortly after to Edinburgh , and commenced author by profession . Here , a- mong other miscellaneous exertions , he attempted a ...
Page 260
... success - success al- most worthless when attained ? In such a situation of things , and where there is such an o- verwhelming preponderance of argument in favour of peace , it may be scarcely necessary to suggest , that we wilfully ...
... success - success al- most worthless when attained ? In such a situation of things , and where there is such an o- verwhelming preponderance of argument in favour of peace , it may be scarcely necessary to suggest , that we wilfully ...
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... successes had been laid in policy and in wisdom , began to entertain some blind and extravagant confidence in his own good fortune , and in the success of every enterprize planned under the auspices of his name . It was under this ...
... successes had been laid in policy and in wisdom , began to entertain some blind and extravagant confidence in his own good fortune , and in the success of every enterprize planned under the auspices of his name . It was under this ...
Contents
The Excursion being a portion of the Recluse | 1 |
On the Light of the Cassegrainian Telescope com | 31 |
Select Passages of the Writings of St Chrysostom | 58 |
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