Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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Page 37
... writer must produce his best work and the interval between his best work and his second best work may be very wide indeed . No- body will that the best letters of Junius are more say decidedly superior to the acknowledged works of ...
... writer must produce his best work and the interval between his best work and his second best work may be very wide indeed . No- body will that the best letters of Junius are more say decidedly superior to the acknowledged works of ...
Page 39
... write again ; that he had meant well by the cause and the public ; that both were given up ; that there were not ten men who would act steadily together on any ques- tion . " But it is all alike , " he added , " vile and contemptible ...
... write again ; that he had meant well by the cause and the public ; that both were given up ; that there were not ten men who would act steadily together on any ques- tion . " But it is all alike , " he added , " vile and contemptible ...
Page 48
... write notes and examine ac- counts . The next morning , before the sun was in his power , an immense concourse assembled round the place where the gallows had been set up . Grief and horror were on every face ; yet to the last the ...
... write notes and examine ac- counts . The next morning , before the sun was in his power , an immense concourse assembled round the place where the gallows had been set up . Grief and horror were on every face ; yet to the last the ...
Page 52
... write about the Tour to the Hebrides , Jones's Persian Grammar , and the history , traditions , arts , and natural productions of India . In the mean time , intelligence of the Rohilla war , and of the first disputes between Hastings ...
... write about the Tour to the Hebrides , Jones's Persian Grammar , and the history , traditions , arts , and natural productions of India . In the mean time , intelligence of the Rohilla war , and of the first disputes between Hastings ...
Page 53
... write about the Tour to the Hebrides , Jones's Persian Grammar , and the history , traditions , arts , and natural productions of India . In the mean time , intelligence of the Rohilla war , and of the first disputes between Hastings ...
... write about the Tour to the Hebrides , Jones's Persian Grammar , and the history , traditions , arts , and natural productions of India . In the mean time , intelligence of the Rohilla war , and of the first disputes between Hastings ...
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