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Pagina 15
... late to get much intelligence . One of his answers to a boastful Frenchman has been related ; and to an impertinent one he made another equally proper . During his embassy , he sat at the opera by a man , who , in his rapture ...
... late to get much intelligence . One of his answers to a boastful Frenchman has been related ; and to an impertinent one he made another equally proper . During his embassy , he sat at the opera by a man , who , in his rapture ...
Pagina 44
... late collection . Who- ever judges of this by any other of Blackmore's performances will do it injury . The praise given it by Addison ( Spec . 339. ) is too well known to be transcribed : but some notice is due to the testimo- ny of ...
... late collection . Who- ever judges of this by any other of Blackmore's performances will do it injury . The praise given it by Addison ( Spec . 339. ) is too well known to be transcribed : but some notice is due to the testimo- ny of ...
Pagina 49
... late reign , had for wit , or their defect of zeal and con- cern for the Christian religion , will be determined best by those who are best acquainted with their character . " In another place he speaks with becoming abhor . rence of a ...
... late reign , had for wit , or their defect of zeal and con- cern for the Christian religion , will be determined best by those who are best acquainted with their character . " In another place he speaks with becoming abhor . rence of a ...
Pagina 51
... late , whatever was the reason , at his medical honours . Having succeeded so well in his book on " Crea tion , " by which he established the great principle of all religion , he thought his undertaking imper- fect , unless he likewise ...
... late , whatever was the reason , at his medical honours . Having succeeded so well in his book on " Crea tion , " by which he established the great principle of all religion , he thought his undertaking imper- fect , unless he likewise ...
Pagina 63
... late , and when he had risen , sat down to his books or papers . A woman that once waited on him in a lodging told him , as she said , that he would " lie a - bed , and be fed with a spoon . " This , however , was not the worst that ...
... late , and when he had risen , sat down to his books or papers . A woman that once waited on him in a lodging told him , as she said , that he would " lie a - bed , and be fed with a spoon . " This , however , was not the worst that ...
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