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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... manner in which he afterwards performed , his under- taking , we should have a better insight into the human mind , and a more perfect knowledge of its nature and progress than may be obtained by any other means . * As I only give an ...
... manner in which he afterwards performed , his under- taking , we should have a better insight into the human mind , and a more perfect knowledge of its nature and progress than may be obtained by any other means . * As I only give an ...
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... manner in which the task has been accomplished , and its claims to the indulgence of the " Kind Reader , " I have only , in concluding this lengthy Preface , to express my hope that it may answer the end for which it was intended , and ...
... manner in which the task has been accomplished , and its claims to the indulgence of the " Kind Reader , " I have only , in concluding this lengthy Preface , to express my hope that it may answer the end for which it was intended , and ...
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... other works , he depicted human life , and the manners of his age ; but let it be remembered to his eternal honour , that while he described , Lesage took no part in the corruption of his age and that * xir SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS.
... other works , he depicted human life , and the manners of his age ; but let it be remembered to his eternal honour , that while he described , Lesage took no part in the corruption of his age and that * xir SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS.
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... manner in which they are expressed . Although this work had not all the success that its projectors expected , its appearance had a great influence upon society at large , an in- fluence which may be considered to have lasted until , as ...
... manner in which they are expressed . Although this work had not all the success that its projectors expected , its appearance had a great influence upon society at large , an in- fluence which may be considered to have lasted until , as ...
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... manner , at Lyons . -La Sainte Bible , par Ostervald , avec argumens et réflexions , & c . Neufchâtel , 1744 , 2 vols . fol . This edition , says Barbier , in his Bibl . d'un Homme de Goût , vol . 5 , p . 379 , was printed under the ...
... manner , at Lyons . -La Sainte Bible , par Ostervald , avec argumens et réflexions , & c . Neufchâtel , 1744 , 2 vols . fol . This edition , says Barbier , in his Bibl . d'un Homme de Goût , vol . 5 , p . 379 , was printed under the ...
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