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... publick amusement , Vauxhall Gardens , ” as Boswell calls it , there is no direct record , although he was well known to one of the two sons of the proprietor , the anecdotical Tom Tyers , the " Tom Restless " of the Idler , who ...
... publick amusement , Vauxhall Gardens , ” as Boswell calls it , there is no direct record , although he was well known to one of the two sons of the proprietor , the anecdotical Tom Tyers , the " Tom Restless " of the Idler , who ...
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... Publick has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my " Tour , " I was almost ...
... Publick has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my " Tour , " I was almost ...
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... publick , which should oblige every Authour to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce them with , - " I think I have read ; -or- If I remember right ; " when the originals may be examined . 99 my 66 I beg leave to express my ...
... publick , which should oblige every Authour to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce them with , - " I think I have read ; -or- If I remember right ; " when the originals may be examined . 99 my 66 I beg leave to express my ...
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... publick for thirteen years with increas- ing approbation , and of which near four thousand copies have been dispersed , it is not necessary to say more ; yet I cannot refrain from adding , that , highly as it is now estimated , it will ...
... publick for thirteen years with increas- ing approbation , and of which near four thousand copies have been dispersed , it is not necessary to say more ; yet I cannot refrain from adding , that , highly as it is now estimated , it will ...
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... publick curiosity , there is danger lest his interest , his fear , his gratitude , or his tenderness , overpower his fidelity , and tempt him to conceal , if not to invent . There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults ...
... publick curiosity , there is danger lest his interest , his fear , his gratitude , or his tenderness , overpower his fidelity , and tempt him to conceal , if not to invent . There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults ...
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