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Page lxxviii
This at least must be allowed him , that he always preserved a strong sense of
the dignity , the beauty , and the necessity of virtue , and that he never contributed
deliberately to spread corruption among mankind ; his actions , which were ...
This at least must be allowed him , that he always preserved a strong sense of
the dignity , the beauty , and the necessity of virtue , and that he never contributed
deliberately to spread corruption among mankind ; his actions , which were ...
Page xciv
But though he may sometimes disappoint his reader by transient touches upon
these subjects , which have often been considered , and therefore naturally raise
expectations , he must be allowed amply to compensate his omissions , by ...
But though he may sometimes disappoint his reader by transient touches upon
these subjects , which have often been considered , and therefore naturally raise
expectations , he must be allowed amply to compensate his omissions , by ...
Page cxxi
... year which were allowed him by the gentleman who proposed the subscription
. After some stay at Bristol he retired to Swansea , the place originally proposed
for his residence , where with many he lived about a year very much dissatisfied ...
... year which were allowed him by the gentleman who proposed the subscription
. After some stay at Bristol he retired to Swansea , the place originally proposed
for his residence , where with many he lived about a year very much dissatisfied ...
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To the Right Hon Sir Robert Walpole | 151 |
To Mr John Dyer a Painter c | 159 |
To Aaron Hill Esq with the Tragedy of | 165 |
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| Title | Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ... Volumes 88-90 of Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill, John Hamilton Mortimer |
| Illustrated by | Thomas Stothard, John Hamilton Mortimer |
| Publisher | J. Bell, 1776 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 Oct 2006 |
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