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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 208
edited by - 1777
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The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 20

Edmund Burke - 1794 - 610 pages
...and u.nbbferved into the world. In 1762, the Faculty of Advocates chofe me their Librarian, an office from which I received little or no emolument, but which gave me the command of a large Jibraly. I then formed the plan of writing the Hiftory of England ; but being frightened with the notion,...
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London Review, Volume 5

1767 - 572 pages
...Advocates chofe me their Librarian, an office from which I received little or no emolument, but which gare' me the command of a large library ||. ' I then formed the plan of writing the Hi (lory of England; but being frightened with the notion of continuing a narrative through a period...
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Annual Register, Volume 20

Edmund Burke - 1779 - 734 pages
...and unobserved into the world. In 1752, the Faculty of Advocates chofe me their Librarian, an office from which I received little or no emolument, but...a large library. I then formed the plan of writing t)A tiiftory of England; but being frightened with the notion of continuing a- narrative through a...
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 39

1777 - 750 pages
...librarian ; an office from ehich I received little or no emolmnent, but which gave me the command of a Lrge library. I then formed the plan of writing the Hiftory of England ; but beinp frightened with the notion of continuing a narrative through a period of 1 7 со уелгэ,...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 20

1794 - 614 pages
...and unobierved into the world. In 1762, the Faculty of Advocates chofe me their Librarian, an office from which I received little or no emolument, but which gave me the command of a hrge library. 1 then formed the plan of writing the Hiilory of England; but being frightened with the...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 20

1805 - 608 pages
...unobserved into the world. In 1762, the Faculty of Advocates chose roe their Ь'Ьгапнп, an office from which I received little or no emolument, but...large library. I then formed the plan of writing the History of England ; but being frightened with tie notion of continuing a narrative through a period...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 10

1821 - 778 pages
...account of his own life, he says, " In 1758, the Faculty of Advocates chose me their librarian, an office from which I received little or no emolument, but which gave me the command of a large library." He had wished to conceal, under these general expressions, the liberal way in which he disposed of...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 10

1821 - 800 pages
...account of his own life, he says, " In 1752, the Faculty of Advocates chose me their librarian, an office from which I received little or no emolument, but which gave me the command of a large library." He had wished to conceal, under these general expressions, the liberal way in which he disposed of...
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The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution ...

David Hume, Tobias Smollett - 1825 - 480 pages
...and unobserved into the world. In 1752 the Faculty of Advocates chose me their librarian ; an office from which I received little or no emolument, but...large library. I then formed the plan of writing the History of England ; but being frightened with the notion of continuing a narrative through a period...
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The Philosophical Works of David Hume ...

David Hume - 1826 - 508 pages
...and unobserved into the world, In 1752, the Faculty of Advocates chose me their Librarian, an office from which I received little or no emolument, but...large library. I then formed the plan of writing the History of England ; but being frightened with the notion of continuing a narrative through a period...
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