Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Том 2C. Whittingham, Dean Street, 1805 |
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... likewise , by this wretched bubble , had been just nominated , with a view to the retrieval of his affairs , governor of Jamaica . This noble- man generously offered to take Mr. Budgell with him as his secretary , to treat him as his ...
... likewise , by this wretched bubble , had been just nominated , with a view to the retrieval of his affairs , governor of Jamaica . This noble- man generously offered to take Mr. Budgell with him as his secretary , to treat him as his ...
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... likewise , on Modesty and Assurance * ; on Friendship + ; on the best mode of Attaining and Securing Hap- piness , and on Infidelity and Atheism § , are com- positions alike elegant and useful ; and we have only to lament that he should ...
... likewise , on Modesty and Assurance * ; on Friendship + ; on the best mode of Attaining and Securing Hap- piness , and on Infidelity and Atheism § , are com- positions alike elegant and useful ; and we have only to lament that he should ...
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... likewise , in being placed under the tuition of Mr. Thomas Rowe , a dissenting minister ; a man of considerable taste and learning , and who had at this time under his care the celebrated Dr. Watts , and Mr. Samuel Say , both men of ...
... likewise , in being placed under the tuition of Mr. Thomas Rowe , a dissenting minister ; a man of considerable taste and learning , and who had at this time under his care the celebrated Dr. Watts , and Mr. Samuel Say , both men of ...
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... likewise , a few years anterior , produced a masque called Apollo and Daphne ; " of which , " says John- son , " the success was very earnestly promoted by Steele , who , when the rage of party did not misguide him , seems to have been ...
... likewise , a few years anterior , produced a masque called Apollo and Daphne ; " of which , " says John- son , " the success was very earnestly promoted by Steele , who , when the rage of party did not misguide him , seems to have been ...
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... Government . They were the cause , some time afterwards , through the medium of Mr. Molyneux , of introducing him to Queen Caroline , for something . The Dean likewise presented him to the BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES . 57.
... Government . They were the cause , some time afterwards , through the medium of Mr. Molyneux , of introducing him to Queen Caroline , for something . The Dean likewise presented him to the BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES . 57.
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