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Page 130
... express how much I am flattered by the kind attention , with which you honour me . I have just received your most obliging letter , with a fine Arabic manuscript , containing the works of a celebrated poet , with whom I have been long ...
... express how much I am flattered by the kind attention , with which you honour me . I have just received your most obliging letter , with a fine Arabic manuscript , containing the works of a celebrated poet , with whom I have been long ...
Page 132
... express my thanks for your obliging present of a most beautiful and splendid copy of Sallust , with an elegant Spanish translation . You have bestowed upon me , a private untitled indivi- dual , an honour which heretofore has only been ...
... express my thanks for your obliging present of a most beautiful and splendid copy of Sallust , with an elegant Spanish translation . You have bestowed upon me , a private untitled indivi- dual , an honour which heretofore has only been ...
Page 146
... express them as forcibly , if you retain these sentiments , as you certainly will , when you take your place in parliament , I will not despair of seeing the most glorious of sights , a nation freely governed by its own laws . This I ...
... express them as forcibly , if you retain these sentiments , as you certainly will , when you take your place in parliament , I will not despair of seeing the most glorious of sights , a nation freely governed by its own laws . This I ...
Page 147
... express my delight at the re- ceipt of your short , but very friendly and obliging letter . I take shame to myself at having so long delayed the acknowledgment of it , and you might indeed justly censure me , for an apparent ...
... express my delight at the re- ceipt of your short , but very friendly and obliging letter . I take shame to myself at having so long delayed the acknowledgment of it , and you might indeed justly censure me , for an apparent ...
Page 157
... express the baseness , the folly , the brutality of this sentiment . I am no cynic , but as fond as any man at Paris of cheerful company , and of such pleasures as a man of virtue need not blush to enjoy ; but if the philosophy of the ...
... express the baseness , the folly , the brutality of this sentiment . I am no cynic , but as fond as any man at Paris of cheerful company , and of such pleasures as a man of virtue need not blush to enjoy ; but if the philosophy of the ...
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