The French Librarian: Or Literary Guide, Pointing Out the Best Works of the Principal Writers of France, in Every Branch of Literature; with Criticisms, Personal Anecdotes, and Bibliographical Notices; Preceded by a Sketch of the Progress of French Literature |
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... Library , and like him be at a loss for information , and desirous of assistance on the subject . It was not assuming too much , perhaps , to suppose that I was able to afford 1 this information , and it was equally natural that.
... Library , and like him be at a loss for information , and desirous of assistance on the subject . It was not assuming too much , perhaps , to suppose that I was able to afford 1 this information , and it was equally natural that.
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... equally natural that I should thus seize the opportunity offered me of extending , in England , the knowledge of the Literature of my own country . With this view , I began to make a list of all the works in our language which I thought ...
... equally natural that I should thus seize the opportunity offered me of extending , in England , the knowledge of the Literature of my own country . With this view , I began to make a list of all the works in our language which I thought ...
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... equally distinguished , Gifted with great powers of imagination and endowed with excessive feelings , no writer ever so displayed the characteristics considered as peculiarly belonging to her sex and ours ; and so profound is her ...
... equally distinguished , Gifted with great powers of imagination and endowed with excessive feelings , no writer ever so displayed the characteristics considered as peculiarly belonging to her sex and ours ; and so profound is her ...
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... equally strong but well merited eulogium on this valuable work , to which we have been largely indebted in the course of these volumes . " - Horne's Introduction to the Study of the Scriptures , vol . 2 , ( Appendix ) p . 202 , -La ...
... equally strong but well merited eulogium on this valuable work , to which we have been largely indebted in the course of these volumes . " - Horne's Introduction to the Study of the Scriptures , vol . 2 , ( Appendix ) p . 202 , -La ...
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... equally good with the Paris edition . " As to Ecclesiastical History , the best that can be chosen is that of the Abbé Fleury , which leaves us nothing to desire , either as to the correctness of the style or the impartiality with which ...
... equally good with the Paris edition . " As to Ecclesiastical History , the best that can be chosen is that of the Abbé Fleury , which leaves us nothing to desire , either as to the correctness of the style or the impartiality with which ...
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