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Page 89
This woık appears to be the effusion of a pure , virtuous , and benevolent mind ; -
the characters , though neither striking ... as it seems scarcely consistent with the
gravity of Lady Olivia's character to countenance an amusement which may be ...
This woık appears to be the effusion of a pure , virtuous , and benevolent mind ; -
the characters , though neither striking ... as it seems scarcely consistent with the
gravity of Lady Olivia's character to countenance an amusement which may be ...
Page 528
No literary character , in modern times , has been engaged in such a variety of
transactions , or has experienced such a change of fortune , as Voltaire . At one
period honoured and courted by princes , at another banished from his country ...
No literary character , in modern times , has been engaged in such a variety of
transactions , or has experienced such a change of fortune , as Voltaire . At one
period honoured and courted by princes , at another banished from his country ...
Page 545
As Potemkin had a thorough knowlege of his country , and of the character of its
inhabitants , his behaviour towards a foreigner in the army , if only a subaltern ,
was totally different from that which Russian officers ever of distinction ...
As Potemkin had a thorough knowlege of his country , and of the character of its
inhabitants , his behaviour towards a foreigner in the army , if only a subaltern ,
was totally different from that which Russian officers ever of distinction ...
Page 547
We have read with pleasure the observations on the character of Joseph II . That
great but disappointed prince has still to receive , from an unbiassed posterity ,
the justice which most of his contemporaries were indisposed to grant to him .
We have read with pleasure the observations on the character of Joseph II . That
great but disappointed prince has still to receive , from an unbiassed posterity ,
the justice which most of his contemporaries were indisposed to grant to him .
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Selden , John , his character of his coun . cians , 4326 drivi trymen , 298 .
Pigeons , the proper management of the Serpentine , account of the magnetic
pola . dove com , recoinmended , 375 . piry of a mountain of , 309 . Plague ,
account of that ...
Selden , John , his character of his coun . cians , 4326 drivi trymen , 298 .
Pigeons , the proper management of the Serpentine , account of the magnetic
pola . dove com , recoinmended , 375 . piry of a mountain of , 309 . Plague ,
account of that ...
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