Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century: Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons; and Intended as a Sequel to the Literary Anecdotes, Volumen 6author, 1831 |
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... hope for their most sweet voices . ' And the higher ranks are so mawkishly mild , that they take with a placid simper what- ever comes before them ; or , if they now and then experience a slight disgust , have not resolution enough to ...
... hope for their most sweet voices . ' And the higher ranks are so mawkishly mild , that they take with a placid simper what- ever comes before them ; or , if they now and then experience a slight disgust , have not resolution enough to ...
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... hope of one day suc ceeding Mr. Hugh Smerdon , and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study at every interval of leisure . " These intervals were not very frequent , and when the use I made of them was found out , they were ...
... hope of one day suc ceeding Mr. Hugh Smerdon , and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study at every interval of leisure . " These intervals were not very frequent , and when the use I made of them was found out , they were ...
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... hope of giving him pleasure , that now , when he appeared to have left me in the midst of my enterprise , and I was abandoned to my own efforts , I seemed to be engaged in a hopeless struggle , without motive or end ; and this idea ...
... hope of giving him pleasure , that now , when he appeared to have left me in the midst of my enterprise , and I was abandoned to my own efforts , I seemed to be engaged in a hopeless struggle , without motive or end ; and this idea ...
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... hope , Gifford , you wont quiz me , now I'm a Doctor ? " " Quiz thee ! God help thee ! make what they will of thee I shall never call thee any thing but Jack . ' Yet he was by no means insen- sible to an honourable distinction ; and ...
... hope , Gifford , you wont quiz me , now I'm a Doctor ? " " Quiz thee ! God help thee ! make what they will of thee I shall never call thee any thing but Jack . ' Yet he was by no means insen- sible to an honourable distinction ; and ...
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... hope that I profited by the lesson , - certainly I never forgot it ; and if but one of my readers do the same , I shall not repent placing it upon record . " " • An engraving from this picture is prefixed to this article . 1 4. MR ...
... hope that I profited by the lesson , - certainly I never forgot it ; and if but one of my readers do the same , I shall not repent placing it upon record . " " • An engraving from this picture is prefixed to this article . 1 4. MR ...
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