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... and to give the strongest testimony Í found here on my return from the coun- to its fidelity ; but before a second edition , try , and in which you have depicted our which he contributed to improve , could be friend so perfectly to ...
... and to give the strongest testimony Í found here on my return from the coun- to its fidelity ; but before a second edition , try , and in which you have depicted our which he contributed to improve , could be friend so perfectly to ...
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vi ADVERTISEMENTS TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH EDITIONS . connoitring the army in Flanders , a heavy ! ously as he could . In the present edition rain came on , and they both called for their they have been distributed in their proper cloaks ...
vi ADVERTISEMENTS TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH EDITIONS . connoitring the army in Flanders , a heavy ! ously as he could . In the present edition rain came on , and they both called for their they have been distributed in their proper cloaks ...
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“ The edition of the Poets , now printing , I shall afterwards have occasion to conwill do honour to the English press ; and a sider the extensive and varied range which concise account of the life of each author , by Johnson took ...
“ The edition of the Poets , now printing , I shall afterwards have occasion to conwill do honour to the English press ; and a sider the extensive and varied range which concise account of the life of each author , by Johnson took ...
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