Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 1J. Sharpe, 1805 - English literature |
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Page 22
... probably owe their origin to the Dutch , as in Carew's Survey of Cornwall , page 126 , published in 1602 , the Mercurius Gallo - belgicus , a Dutch newspaper , is * D'Israeli's Miscellanies , p . 22 mentioned . This example was speedily ...
... probably owe their origin to the Dutch , as in Carew's Survey of Cornwall , page 126 , published in 1602 , the Mercurius Gallo - belgicus , a Dutch newspaper , is * D'Israeli's Miscellanies , p . 22 mentioned . This example was speedily ...
Page 28
... probably , more than heavier afflictions , interrupt the felicity of life . " Il Cortigiano , " " The Courtier " of BAL- DASSAR CASTIGLIONE was published in 1528 , and was intended to display the politeness which reigned among the ...
... probably , more than heavier afflictions , interrupt the felicity of life . " Il Cortigiano , " " The Courtier " of BAL- DASSAR CASTIGLIONE was published in 1528 , and was intended to display the politeness which reigned among the ...
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... probably have intrusted his piece to better hands . The judgment of this gentleman immediately discovered its defects ; his sentence condemned it to oblivion ; and it tells highly to the credit of Steele , that he submitted to the ...
... probably have intrusted his piece to better hands . The judgment of this gentleman immediately discovered its defects ; his sentence condemned it to oblivion ; and it tells highly to the credit of Steele , that he submitted to the ...
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... probably never been acquainted ; we can all testify that his knowledge of the human cha- racter , in all its varieties , was ultimately subser- vient to the best purposes ; and though his life may not be termed absolutely exemplary ...
... probably never been acquainted ; we can all testify that his knowledge of the human cha- racter , in all its varieties , was ultimately subser- vient to the best purposes ; and though his life may not be termed absolutely exemplary ...
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... probably been in- debted to this play for many essential benefits ; as his name to be provided for , he has told us , was in the last table - book ever worn by the glo- rious and immortal King William * . As the dramatic writings of ...
... probably been in- debted to this play for many essential benefits ; as his name to be provided for , he has told us , was in the last table - book ever worn by the glo- rious and immortal King William * . As the dramatic writings of ...
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