The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 |
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... taken the premises into consideration ; and being sensible of the ingenuous and singular be- haviour of this petitioner , pronounces the said Jef- fery Groggram a live man , and will not suffer that he should bury himself out of modesty ...
... taken the premises into consideration ; and being sensible of the ingenuous and singular be- haviour of this petitioner , pronounces the said Jef- fery Groggram a live man , and will not suffer that he should bury himself out of modesty ...
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... mean . draw an excellent picture of him in either of these views . The finest authors of antiquity have taken him on the more advantageous side . They cultivate the may natural grandeur of the soul , raise in her a 14 ' NO . 108 . TATLER .
... mean . draw an excellent picture of him in either of these views . The finest authors of antiquity have taken him on the more advantageous side . They cultivate the may natural grandeur of the soul , raise in her a 14 ' NO . 108 . TATLER .
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... taken out of Sir Francis Ba- con's Advancement of Learning , ' which gives a truer and better account of this art than all the vo- lumes that were ever written upon it . Poetry , especially heroical , seems to be raised . altogether ...
... taken out of Sir Francis Ba- con's Advancement of Learning , ' which gives a truer and better account of this art than all the vo- lumes that were ever written upon it . Poetry , especially heroical , seems to be raised . altogether ...
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... taken , whether the writ their names persons to her , and desired that favour , or how she knew she was not cheated in her muster - roll ? ' The method we take , ' says she , is , that the porter , or servant who comes to the door ...
... taken , whether the writ their names persons to her , and desired that favour , or how she knew she was not cheated in her muster - roll ? ' The method we take , ' says she , is , that the porter , or servant who comes to the door ...
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... opening his box , sometimes shutting it , then viewing the pic- ture on the lid , and then the workmanship of the hinge , when , in the midst of his eloquence , I or- 6 dered his box to be taken from him ; upon 26 NO . 110 . TATLER .
... opening his box , sometimes shutting it , then viewing the pic- ture on the lid , and then the workmanship of the hinge , when , in the midst of his eloquence , I or- 6 dered his box to be taken from him ; upon 26 NO . 110 . TATLER .
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