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... slight blemishes which marked the literary colossus . Your very warm commendation of the specimen which I gave in my Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , of my being able to preserve his conversation in an authen- vi DEDICATION .
... slight blemishes which marked the literary colossus . Your very warm commendation of the specimen which I gave in my Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , of my being able to preserve his conversation in an authen- vi DEDICATION .
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... literary fame in a decorous style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I ...
... literary fame in a decorous style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I ...
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... Literary Magazine ; or , Universal Review , which began in January , 1756 , his original Essays are , The Preliminary Address ; intern . evid . An Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain ; intern . evid . Remarks on the ...
... Literary Magazine ; or , Universal Review , which began in January , 1756 , his original Essays are , The Preliminary Address ; intern . evid . An Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain ; intern . evid . Remarks on the ...
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... LITERARY MAGAZINE . 1756. Observations on the foregoing letter ; i . e . a letter on the American Colonies , vol . i . p . 66. - MALONE . Since the above were communicated to Mr. Malone , Mr. C. has discovered the following in the ...
... LITERARY MAGAZINE . 1756. Observations on the foregoing letter ; i . e . a letter on the American Colonies , vol . i . p . 66. - MALONE . Since the above were communicated to Mr. Malone , Mr. C. has discovered the following in the ...
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... literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his man- ners , it is evident that they never could have lived toge- ther with companionable ease and familiarity ; nor had sir John Hawkins that nice perception which was necessary to ...
... literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his man- ners , it is evident that they never could have lived toge- ther with companionable ease and familiarity ; nor had sir John Hawkins that nice perception which was necessary to ...
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