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... Publick , concerning Miss Williams's Miscellanies , vol . 20. p . 1753. Preface . Notice of Mr. Edward Cave's death , inserted in the last page of the Index . IN THE LITERARY MAGAZINE . 428 . 1756. Observations on the foregoing letter ...
... Publick , concerning Miss Williams's Miscellanies , vol . 20. p . 1753. Preface . Notice of Mr. Edward Cave's death , inserted in the last page of the Index . IN THE LITERARY MAGAZINE . 428 . 1756. Observations on the foregoing letter ...
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... publick , than those of the illustri- ous subject of the following pages ; none have undergone a more rigid criticism ; and few have been honoured with a more growing fame . The keenest shafts of ridicule were levelled against them on ...
... publick , than those of the illustri- ous subject of the following pages ; none have undergone a more rigid criticism ; and few have been honoured with a more growing fame . The keenest shafts of ridicule were levelled against them on ...
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... publick have so long expressed their approbation of the work now once more offered to their notice , that we feel ourselves relieved from the necessity of an elabo- rate introduction ; and we are not so blindly par- tial as to willingly ...
... publick have so long expressed their approbation of the work now once more offered to their notice , that we feel ourselves relieved from the necessity of an elabo- rate introduction ; and we are not so blindly par- tial as to willingly ...
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... publick utility . Were the grandeur of great souls only displayed , we should despair of attaining their elevation , and sit down in despondent inactivity : but when we learn that the great and good have occasion- ally been the victims ...
... publick utility . Were the grandeur of great souls only displayed , we should despair of attaining their elevation , and sit down in despondent inactivity : but when we learn that the great and good have occasion- ally been the victims ...
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... publick . In pursuance of the same plan as we adopted in editing John- son's works , we have left no portion of the origi- nal narrative unsifted ; but , in scrupulous avoid- ance of tedious and redundant annotation , we have added ...
... publick . In pursuance of the same plan as we adopted in editing John- son's works , we have left no portion of the origi- nal narrative unsifted ; but , in scrupulous avoid- ance of tedious and redundant annotation , we have added ...
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