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... objects in his intended Tour in Scotland . and apologies for the imperfections in the Index to the Collection of Voyages and Travels . - April 7 , 1813 . MR . DEMPSTER TO MR . PINKERTON . A letter of friendship . — June 8 , 1813 . REV ...
... objects in his intended Tour in Scotland . and apologies for the imperfections in the Index to the Collection of Voyages and Travels . - April 7 , 1813 . MR . DEMPSTER TO MR . PINKERTON . A letter of friendship . — June 8 , 1813 . REV ...
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... object to , as he was the first publisher . I only wish he had procured more drawings from Scot- land ; the grand point in which he and Wilkinson not only failed , but saddled me with the expense of such as were procured . About thirty ...
... object to , as he was the first publisher . I only wish he had procured more drawings from Scot- land ; the grand point in which he and Wilkinson not only failed , but saddled me with the expense of such as were procured . About thirty ...
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... object in it seems to be an imperial crown overturned , with the bottom uppermost , and all the insignia of royalty , such as the sceptre , baton of power , a royal standard , & c . , lying in a heap upon it , or scattered around it ...
... object in it seems to be an imperial crown overturned , with the bottom uppermost , and all the insignia of royalty , such as the sceptre , baton of power , a royal standard , & c . , lying in a heap upon it , or scattered around it ...
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... have issued from the press in the course of this century . Productions of that kind are , we may say , written by measure ; therefore the chief object of the writer would be defeated by condensation MR . PINKERTON . 27.
... have issued from the press in the course of this century . Productions of that kind are , we may say , written by measure ; therefore the chief object of the writer would be defeated by condensation MR . PINKERTON . 27.
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John Pinkerton. chief object of the writer would be defeated by condensation . It is only such writers as Gibbon and yourself , whose minds teem with knowledge , and who do not write to live , that can condense and refine a language . Is ...
John Pinkerton. chief object of the writer would be defeated by condensation . It is only such writers as Gibbon and yourself , whose minds teem with knowledge , and who do not write to live , that can condense and refine a language . Is ...
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