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Page viii
... truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , how- ever , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though ma- lignity may sometimes ...
... truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , how- ever , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though ma- lignity may sometimes ...
Page xii
... truth , the progress of the present work furnishes a striking instance . It was highly gratifying to me that my friend sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it is inscribed , lived to pe- ruse it , and to give the strongest testimony to its ...
... truth , the progress of the present work furnishes a striking instance . It was highly gratifying to me that my friend sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it is inscribed , lived to pe- ruse it , and to give the strongest testimony to its ...
Page xxiii
... truth of many an observation , apparently uttered on the moment , has been confirmed by subsequent experience . Where so many merits shine , surely it is cynical to pry out half hidden blemishes . In conclusion to this already too ...
... truth of many an observation , apparently uttered on the moment , has been confirmed by subsequent experience . Where so many merits shine , surely it is cynical to pry out half hidden blemishes . In conclusion to this already too ...
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... truth , from a man so still and so tame , as to be contented to pass many years as the do- mestick companion of a superannuated lord and lady , con- versation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimneypiece , or ...
... truth , from a man so still and so tame , as to be contented to pass many years as the do- mestick companion of a superannuated lord and lady , con- versation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimneypiece , or ...
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... truth is , that the appellation of gentleman , though now lost in the indiscriminate assump- tion of esquire , was commonly taken by those who could not boast of gentility . His father was Michael Johnson , a native of Derbyshire , of ...
... truth is , that the appellation of gentleman , though now lost in the indiscriminate assump- tion of esquire , was commonly taken by those who could not boast of gentility . His father was Michael Johnson , a native of Derbyshire , of ...
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