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Pagina 45
... merit of Dr. Robert- son's History of Scotland . But , to my surprise , he escaped.- " Sir , I love Robertson , and ... merits of that admirable work . An essay , written by Mr. Deane , a divine of the church of England ...
... merit of Dr. Robert- son's History of Scotland . But , to my surprise , he escaped.- " Sir , I love Robertson , and ... merits of that admirable work . An essay , written by Mr. Deane , a divine of the church of England ...
Pagina 53
... merit in it , from my having been at pains to send him authentick accounts of the affection- ate and generous conduct of that poet to his sisters ; one of whom , the wife of Mr. Thomson , schoolmaster at Lan- ark , I knew , and was ...
... merit in it , from my having been at pains to send him authentick accounts of the affection- ate and generous conduct of that poet to his sisters ; one of whom , the wife of Mr. Thomson , schoolmaster at Lan- ark , I knew , and was ...
Pagina 54
... merit of the composition ? In the sessions paper of the Old Bailey there are strong facts . Housebreaking is a strong fact ; robbery is a strong fact ; and murder is a mighty strong fact : but is great praise due to the historian of ...
... merit of the composition ? In the sessions paper of the Old Bailey there are strong facts . Housebreaking is a strong fact ; robbery is a strong fact ; and murder is a mighty strong fact : but is great praise due to the historian of ...
Pagina 64
... merit of Prior . He attacked him powerfully ; said he wrote of love like a man who had never felt it : his love verses were college verses ; and he repeated the song , " Alexis shunn'd his fel- low swains , " etc. in so ludicrous a ...
... merit of Prior . He attacked him powerfully ; said he wrote of love like a man who had never felt it : his love verses were college verses ; and he repeated the song , " Alexis shunn'd his fel- low swains , " etc. in so ludicrous a ...
Pagina 65
... merit to Whitfield's oratory . " His popularity , sir , " said he , " is chiefly owing to the peculiarity of his manner . He would be followed by crowds were he to wear a nightcap in the pulpit , or were he to preach from a tree . " I ...
... merit to Whitfield's oratory . " His popularity , sir , " said he , " is chiefly owing to the peculiarity of his manner . He would be followed by crowds were he to wear a nightcap in the pulpit , or were he to preach from a tree . " I ...
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