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... person to whom the following work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity , not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sen- sible ...
... person to whom the following work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity , not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sen- sible ...
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... person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a dedication , when I mention that there has been a long and ...
... person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a dedication , when I mention that there has been a long and ...
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... person at Edinburgh , of the name of Clarke , refuting his arguments for the authenticity of the poems published by ... persons in whose possession they are , will favour the world with them . JAMES BOSWELL . † To this list of the ...
... person at Edinburgh , of the name of Clarke , refuting his arguments for the authenticity of the poems published by ... persons in whose possession they are , will favour the world with them . JAMES BOSWELL . † To this list of the ...
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... person's real character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit . " The business of the biographer is often to pass slightly ...
... person's real character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit . " The business of the biographer is often to pass slightly ...
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... person , insensibly fol- lows their cast , and , as it were , runs into a mould that is ready prepared . Thus , for instance , taking the first sentence that occurs at the opening of the book , p . 4 , " I lived here above a year , and ...
... person , insensibly fol- lows their cast , and , as it were , runs into a mould that is ready prepared . Thus , for instance , taking the first sentence that occurs at the opening of the book , p . 4 , " I lived here above a year , and ...
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