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Page xii
... tion , entitled , A Journal of a Voyage round the World . This was the production of some person who had been upon the expedition ; and , although his ac- count was dry and imperfect , it served in a certain * This letter is dated ...
... tion , entitled , A Journal of a Voyage round the World . This was the production of some person who had been upon the expedition ; and , although his ac- count was dry and imperfect , it served in a certain * This letter is dated ...
Page xv
... tion of the public . He was indeed so sensible that his opinions would shock the feelings of his readers , that he thought it necessary to apologize for them , in a very respectful manner , and with a kind of hesi- * He received 6,000l ...
... tion of the public . He was indeed so sensible that his opinions would shock the feelings of his readers , that he thought it necessary to apologize for them , in a very respectful manner , and with a kind of hesi- * He received 6,000l ...
Page xvi
... to impute all this rather to a vague way of thinking , than to any perversity of heart or understanding . " - Dr. BEATTIE to Mrs. MONTAGUE . which literature alone seems an imperfect qualifica- tion . The xvi HISTORICAL AND.
... to impute all this rather to a vague way of thinking , than to any perversity of heart or understanding . " - Dr. BEATTIE to Mrs. MONTAGUE . which literature alone seems an imperfect qualifica- tion . The xvi HISTORICAL AND.
Page xvii
... tion but contempt : he is now past all human emo- tion . " But there remain , sir , soME who loved and ho- noured him , who respect his memory too much to suf- fer any INSULT to be offered it with IMPUNITY . * This copy is taken from ...
... tion but contempt : he is now past all human emo- tion . " But there remain , sir , soME who loved and ho- noured him , who respect his memory too much to suf- fer any INSULT to be offered it with IMPUNITY . * This copy is taken from ...
Page xxi
... tion , stumbled at a stool , and falling forwards , threw lown a weighty japan screen . The Princess started , he ladies screamed , and poor GAY , urbance , was still to read his play * . * JOHNSON'S Life of GAY . after all the dis ...
... tion , stumbled at a stool , and falling forwards , threw lown a weighty japan screen . The Princess started , he ladies screamed , and poor GAY , urbance , was still to read his play * . * JOHNSON'S Life of GAY . after all the dis ...
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