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... the Life of Mr. Savage was speedily to be published by a person who was favoured with his confidence . intern . evid . Advertisement for Osborne concerning the Harleian Cata- logue . intern xxviii CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
... the Life of Mr. Savage was speedily to be published by a person who was favoured with his confidence . intern . evid . Advertisement for Osborne concerning the Harleian Cata- logue . intern xxviii CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
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... Savage . acknowl . Preface to the Harleian Miscellany . acknowl . For the Gentleman's Magazine . Preface . intern . evid . 1745. Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth , with remarks on Sir T. H.'s ( Sir Thomas Hammer's ) ...
... Savage . acknowl . Preface to the Harleian Miscellany . acknowl . For the Gentleman's Magazine . Preface . intern . evid . 1745. Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth , with remarks on Sir T. H.'s ( Sir Thomas Hammer's ) ...
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... savage more portentous stain'd Apulia's spacious wilds with gore ; No fiercer Juba's thirsty land , Dire nurse of raging lions , bore . VOL . I. D Place me where no soft summer gale Among the quivering Etat . 16. ] 25 DR . JOHNSON .
... savage more portentous stain'd Apulia's spacious wilds with gore ; No fiercer Juba's thirsty land , Dire nurse of raging lions , bore . VOL . I. D Place me where no soft summer gale Among the quivering Etat . 16. ] 25 DR . JOHNSON .
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... Savage , when he wrote his “ London . " If the departure men- tioned in it was the departure of Savage , the event was not ante- dated but foreseen ; for " London " was published in May , 1738 , and Savage did not set out for Wales till ...
... Savage , when he wrote his “ London . " If the departure men- tioned in it was the departure of Savage , the event was not ante- dated but foreseen ; for " London " was published in May , 1738 , and Savage did not set out for Wales till ...
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... Savage I am ready to go upon ; and in Great Primer , and Pica notes , I reckon on sending in half a sheet a day ; but the money for that shall likewise lye by in your hands till it is done . With the debates , shall not I have business ...
... Savage I am ready to go upon ; and in Great Primer , and Pica notes , I reckon on sending in half a sheet a day ; but the money for that shall likewise lye by in your hands till it is done . With the debates , shall not I have business ...
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Página 40 - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry'.
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