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Mr. Cuthbert Shaw , alike distinguished by his genius , misfortunes , and misconduct , published this year a poem , called , The Race , by Mercurius Spur , Esq . in which he whimsically made the living poets of England contend for pre ...
Mr. Cuthbert Shaw , alike distinguished by his genius , misfortunes , and misconduct , published this year a poem , called , The Race , by Mercurius Spur , Esq . in which he whimsically made the living poets of England contend for pre ...
Pagina 45
An essay , written by Mr. Deane , a divine of the church of England , maintaining the future life of brutes , by an explication of certain parts of the scriptures , was men- tioned , and the doctrine insisted on by a gentleman who ...
An essay , written by Mr. Deane , a divine of the church of England , maintaining the future life of brutes , by an explication of certain parts of the scriptures , was men- tioned , and the doctrine insisted on by a gentleman who ...
Pagina 46
Who could have imagined that the high church - of - England - man would be so prompt in quoting Maupertuis , who , I am sorry to think , stands in the list of those unfortunate mistaken men who call themselves esprits forts .
Who could have imagined that the high church - of - England - man would be so prompt in quoting Maupertuis , who , I am sorry to think , stands in the list of those unfortunate mistaken men who call themselves esprits forts .
Pagina 60
They have not better health ; and as to care or mental ご P The first edition of Hume's History of England was full of Scotticisms , many of which he corrected in subsequent editions . — Malone . uneasiness , they are not above it ...
They have not better health ; and as to care or mental ご P The first edition of Hume's History of England was full of Scotticisms , many of which he corrected in subsequent editions . — Malone . uneasiness , they are not above it ...
Pagina 64
I having said that England was obliged to us for gardeners , almost all their good gardeners being Scotch- men ; -JOHNSON . " Why , sir , that is because gardening is much more necessary amongst you than with us , which makes so many of ...
I having said that England was obliged to us for gardeners , almost all their good gardeners being Scotch- men ; -JOHNSON . " Why , sir , that is because gardening is much more necessary amongst you than with us , which makes so many of ...
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