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... pounds , over and above two hundred , for which his agree- ment was to furnish such prefaces as he thought fit . ( 1 ) This was , however , but a small recompense for such a collection of biography , and such principles and ...
... pounds , over and above two hundred , for which his agree- ment was to furnish such prefaces as he thought fit . ( 1 ) This was , however , but a small recompense for such a collection of biography , and such principles and ...
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... pounds . Congratulating Charles the Second on his [ corc- nation ] recovered right . " He that has flattery ready for all whom the vicis- situdes of the world happen to exalt , must be [ con- fessed to degrade his powers ] scorned as a ...
... pounds . Congratulating Charles the Second on his [ corc- nation ] recovered right . " He that has flattery ready for all whom the vicis- situdes of the world happen to exalt , must be [ con- fessed to degrade his powers ] scorned as a ...
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... pounds , and " reclaimed his loan by an execution . " In the new edition of the Biographia Britannica , the au- thenticity of this anecdote is denied . But Mr. Ma- lone has obliged me with the following note con- cerning it : " March ...
... pounds , and " reclaimed his loan by an execution . " In the new edition of the Biographia Britannica , the au- thenticity of this anecdote is denied . But Mr. Ma- lone has obliged me with the following note con- cerning it : " March ...
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... pounds a year . Sir Philip had the appearance of a gentleman of ancient family , well advanced in life . He wore his own white hair in a bag of goodly size , a black velvet coat , with an embroidered waistcoat , and very rich laced ...
... pounds a year . Sir Philip had the appearance of a gentleman of ancient family , well advanced in life . He wore his own white hair in a bag of goodly size , a black velvet coat , with an embroidered waistcoat , and very rich laced ...
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... pounds a year , the time in which he might have learnt to talk ; and now he cannot talk . " Mr. Perkins made a shrewd and droll remark : “ If he had got his four thousand a year as a mountebank , he might have learnt to talk at the same ...
... pounds a year , the time in which he might have learnt to talk ; and now he cannot talk . " Mr. Perkins made a shrewd and droll remark : “ If he had got his four thousand a year as a mountebank , he might have learnt to talk at the same ...
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