Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century: Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons; and Intended as a Sequel to the Literary Anecdotes, Том 6author, 1831 |
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... obliged to employ frequently two copyists to answer the various claims of distant friends and correspondents , and leave me at some liberty to attend to my more immediate duties . One desires me to give them a directory for a morning ...
... obliged to employ frequently two copyists to answer the various claims of distant friends and correspondents , and leave me at some liberty to attend to my more immediate duties . One desires me to give them a directory for a morning ...
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... obliged to do what the French very expressly call , manger le bleden herbe . After my year of probation is expired , I hope to be able to deserve the title of a better economist than to live by anticipation ; before that time , I ...
... obliged to do what the French very expressly call , manger le bleden herbe . After my year of probation is expired , I hope to be able to deserve the title of a better economist than to live by anticipation ; before that time , I ...
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... obliged to his Grace , but of which I never mean to avail myself any further . ' I shall begin a narrative of my life in my next letter ; in the mean time I remain with every good wish for your happi- ness and prosperity , dear Sir ...
... obliged to his Grace , but of which I never mean to avail myself any further . ' I shall begin a narrative of my life in my next letter ; in the mean time I remain with every good wish for your happi- ness and prosperity , dear Sir ...
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... obliged and obedient servant , THOMAS PITT . " See the honourable gentleman's speech in Gent . Mag . LII . 101 . + The matchless son of the great Lord Chatham . See in Gent . Mag . vol . LII . p . 51 , a very masterly speech of his ...
... obliged and obedient servant , THOMAS PITT . " See the honourable gentleman's speech in Gent . Mag . LII . 101 . + The matchless son of the great Lord Chatham . See in Gent . Mag . vol . LII . p . 51 , a very masterly speech of his ...
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... obliged to play the cat i ' th ' adage all day long , and should buy £ .10,000 worth of virtu , if I bought any thing . I content inyself with a book or two of Piranesi , a few coloured drawings for Madame from the Raphael's Loggia ...
... obliged to play the cat i ' th ' adage all day long , and should buy £ .10,000 worth of virtu , if I bought any thing . I content inyself with a book or two of Piranesi , a few coloured drawings for Madame from the Raphael's Loggia ...
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