English Prose of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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Page 44
... told her what ravishing conversation she had with an old friend , and told the whole of it . Drelincourt's " Book of Death " is , since this happened , bought up strangely . And it is to be observed that , notwith- standing all the ...
... told her what ravishing conversation she had with an old friend , and told the whole of it . Drelincourt's " Book of Death " is , since this happened , bought up strangely . And it is to be observed that , notwith- standing all the ...
Page 255
... told him , none that I heard of ; and asked him whether he had yet married his eldest daughter . He told me , No. " But pray , " says he , " tell me sincerely , what are your thoughts of the King of Sweden ? " For though his wife and ...
... told him , none that I heard of ; and asked him whether he had yet married his eldest daughter . He told me , No. " But pray , " says he , " tell me sincerely , what are your thoughts of the King of Sweden ? " For though his wife and ...
Page 607
... told me that Mr. Wed- derburne , now Lord Loughborough , was the person who first mentioned this sub- ject to him . Lord Loughborough told me that the pension was granted to John- son solely as the reward of his literary merit , without ...
... told me that Mr. Wed- derburne , now Lord Loughborough , was the person who first mentioned this sub- ject to him . Lord Loughborough told me that the pension was granted to John- son solely as the reward of his literary merit , without ...
Contents
PREFACE | 4 |
THE POOR MANS PLEA | 14 |
THE SHORTEST WAY WITH THE DISSENTERS | 23 |
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