Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and Biographical of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writing, Volume 2 |
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... thought , upon its first anony- mous appearance , that Smollett's Roderick Random was written by her clever kinsman - a supposition which proves her ladyship to have been a better judge of merit than of style . It would be hard to ...
... thought , upon its first anony- mous appearance , that Smollett's Roderick Random was written by her clever kinsman - a supposition which proves her ladyship to have been a better judge of merit than of style . It would be hard to ...
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... thought in the next century ; although he would have strenuously repudiated and refuted the French development of sensationalism into materialism . Berkeley and Hume were in different ways con- tinuators of Locke's mode of thought . In ...
... thought in the next century ; although he would have strenuously repudiated and refuted the French development of sensationalism into materialism . Berkeley and Hume were in different ways con- tinuators of Locke's mode of thought . In ...
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... thought this so necessary a part could not have been neglected , whilst themes and verses in Latin , of no use at all , were so constantly every - where pressed , to the racking of children's inven- tons beyond their strength , and ...
... thought this so necessary a part could not have been neglected , whilst themes and verses in Latin , of no use at all , were so constantly every - where pressed , to the racking of children's inven- tons beyond their strength , and ...
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... thought that was to send her quick to hell . He expressed great tenderness to the miseries of the poor in his sickness , as hath been already shewn . He took particular care of the suits of all poor persons ; and gave Dr Cox special ...
... thought that was to send her quick to hell . He expressed great tenderness to the miseries of the poor in his sickness , as hath been already shewn . He took particular care of the suits of all poor persons ; and gave Dr Cox special ...
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... thought and expression in it ; and above all , the grace and gravity of his pronunciation was such that few heard him without a very sensible emotion : I am sure I never did . It was so different from all others , and indeed from every ...
... thought and expression in it ; and above all , the grace and gravity of his pronunciation was such that few heard him without a very sensible emotion : I am sure I never did . It was so different from all others , and indeed from every ...
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