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Pagina xi
... for certainly there is no instance of the life of any other human being having been exhibited in so much detail , or with so much fidelity . There are , perhaps , not many men who have practised so much self - PREFACE . xi.
... for certainly there is no instance of the life of any other human being having been exhibited in so much detail , or with so much fidelity . There are , perhaps , not many men who have practised so much self - PREFACE . xi.
Pagina 13
... instance . It was highly gratifying to me that my friend , Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS , to whom it is inscribed , lived to peruse it , and to give the strongest testimony to its fidelity ( 1 ) ; but before a second edition , which he ...
... instance . It was highly gratifying to me that my friend , Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS , to whom it is inscribed , lived to peruse it , and to give the strongest testimony to its fidelity ( 1 ) ; but before a second edition , which he ...
Pagina 32
... instances of dying for love . She was buried in the cathedral of Lichfield ; and he , with a tender regard , placed a stone over her grave with this inscription : Here lies the Body of Mrs. ELIZABETH BLANEY , a Stranger . She departed ...
... instances of dying for love . She was buried in the cathedral of Lichfield ; and he , with a tender regard , placed a stone over her grave with this inscription : Here lies the Body of Mrs. ELIZABETH BLANEY , a Stranger . She departed ...
Pagina 33
... instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to ...
... instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to ...
Pagina 34
... instance of that jealous independence of spirit , and impetuosity of temper , which never forsook him . The fact was acknow- ledged to me by himself , upon the authority of his mother . One day , when the servant who used to be sent to ...
... instance of that jealous independence of spirit , and impetuosity of temper , which never forsook him . The fact was acknow- ledged to me by himself , upon the authority of his mother . One day , when the servant who used to be sent to ...
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