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Pagina vi
... whole , you perceived all the shades which mingled in the grand composition ; all the little pecu- liarities and slight blemishes which marked the literary colossus . Your very warm commendation of the specimen which I gave in my ...
... whole , you perceived all the shades which mingled in the grand composition ; all the little pecu- liarities and slight blemishes which marked the literary colossus . Your very warm commendation of the specimen which I gave in my ...
Pagina vii
... whole of my stores . In one respect this work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my Tour , I was almost unboundedly open in my communications ; and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and ...
... whole of my stores . In one respect this work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my Tour , I was almost unboundedly open in my communications ; and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and ...
Pagina viii
... 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 be disappointed of its gratifi- cations . I am ...
... 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 be disappointed of its gratifi- cations . I am ...
Pagina x
... whole of my manuscript , and made such re- marks as were greatly for the advantage of the work ; though it is but fair to him to mention , that upon many occasions I differed from him , and followed my own judge- ment . I regret ...
... whole of my manuscript , and made such re- marks as were greatly for the advantage of the work ; though it is but fair to him to mention , that upon many occasions I differed from him , and followed my own judge- ment . I regret ...
Pagina xi
... whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross expres- sions had been softened , and a few of our hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weaknesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr ...
... whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross expres- sions had been softened , and a few of our hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weaknesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr ...
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