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Page vi
... reason the proof - sheets did not pass through Malone's hands . The fourth edition , which followed in 1804 , was published under his own supervision , with some fresh additions of letters and notes distinguished as before from ...
... reason the proof - sheets did not pass through Malone's hands . The fourth edition , which followed in 1804 , was published under his own supervision , with some fresh additions of letters and notes distinguished as before from ...
Page xiv
... reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where ...
... reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where ...
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... reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruc- tion or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an ...
... reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruc- tion or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an ...
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... reason to doubt . For there is no instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly ...
... reason to doubt . For there is no instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly ...
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... reason to be offended ; for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good , he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy , which had been intrusted to him in confidence and ex- posed a complaint of his young ...
... reason to be offended ; for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good , he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy , which had been intrusted to him in confidence and ex- posed a complaint of his young ...
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