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... Observations on the Tragedy of Mac- beth , & c . - ( 69 Proposals for printing the Works of Shakespeare 124 Preface to Ditto ✓ General Observations on Shakespeare's Plays Account of the Harleian Library - 133 197 227 Essay on the ...
... Observations on the Tragedy of Mac- beth , & c . - ( 69 Proposals for printing the Works of Shakespeare 124 Preface to Ditto ✓ General Observations on Shakespeare's Plays Account of the Harleian Library - 133 197 227 Essay on the ...
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Samuel Johnson. POLITICAL ESSAYS . Observations on the State of Affairs in 1756 page 337 Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain 350 MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS . Review of Memoirs of the Court of Augustus 375 Review of Four ...
Samuel Johnson. POLITICAL ESSAYS . Observations on the State of Affairs in 1756 page 337 Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain 350 MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS . Review of Memoirs of the Court of Augustus 375 Review of Four ...
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Samuel Johnson. POLITICAL ESSAYS . pagc Observations on the State of Affairs in 1756 337 Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain 350 MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS . O - Review of Memoirs of the Court of Augustus 375 Review of Four ...
Samuel Johnson. POLITICAL ESSAYS . pagc Observations on the State of Affairs in 1756 337 Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain 350 MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS . O - Review of Memoirs of the Court of Augustus 375 Review of Four ...
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... observation , there is still great uncertainty among the best criticks ; nor is it easy to state a rule by which we may decide between custom and reason , or between the equi- ponderant authorities of writers alike eminent for judgment ...
... observation , there is still great uncertainty among the best criticks ; nor is it easy to state a rule by which we may decide between custom and reason , or between the equi- ponderant authorities of writers alike eminent for judgment ...
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... observation of Quintilian , that speech was not formed by an analogy sent from heaven . It did not descend to us in a state of uniformity and per- fection , but was produced by necessity and enlarged by accident , and is therefore ...
... observation of Quintilian , that speech was not formed by an analogy sent from heaven . It did not descend to us in a state of uniformity and per- fection , but was produced by necessity and enlarged by accident , and is therefore ...
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