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Satires

Juvenal - 1802 - 574 pages
...own ; and that carried me pretty far into the science. This was not done without difficulty. I had not a farthing on earth, nor a friend to give me one...sceptre. There was indeed a resource ; but the utmost caution and secrecy were necessary in applying to it. I beat out pieces of leather as smooth as possible,...
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The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 20

1802 - 754 pages
...carried me pretty far into the fcience. " This was not done without difficulty. J had not a farthing oa earth, nor a friend to give me one : pen, ink, and paper, therefore (in defpite of the flippant remark of Lord Orford) were for the moft part as completely out of my reach,...
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Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 ..., Volume 5

1803 - 614 pages
...my own; and that carried me pretty far into the science. This was not done without difficulty. I had not a farthing on earth, nor a friend to give me one:...sceptre. There was indeed a resource; but the utmost caution and secrecy were necessary in applying to it. I beat out pieces of leather as smooth as possible,...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 40

1803 - 572 pages
...own ; and that carried me pretty far into the science. ' This was not done without difficulty. I had not a farthing on earth, nor a friend to give me one...sceptre. There was indeed a resource ; but the utmost caution and secrecy were necessary in applying to it. I beat out pieces of leather as smooth as possible,...
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The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Volume 1

Juvenal - 1803 - 354 pages
...own ; and that carried me pretty far into the science. This was not done without difficulty. I had not a farthing on earth, nor a friend to give me one...sceptre. There was indeed a resource ; but the utmost caution and secrecy were necessary in applying to it. I beat out pieces of leather as smooth as possible,...
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Public Characters, Volume 5

1803 - 598 pages
...and that carried me pretty far into the science. This was not done without difficulty. I had not n farthing on earth, nor a friend to give me one: pen,...a crown and sceptre. There was indeed a resource; butthe utmost caution and secrecy were necessary in applying to it. I beat out pieces of leather as...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 1

David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1804 - 694 pages
...own ; and that carried me pretty far into the fcicnce. This was not done without difficulty. I had not a farthing on earth, nor a friend to give me one. Pen, ink and paper, therefore, (in defpite of the flippant remark of Lord Orford) were, for the mod part, as completely out of my reach,...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 1

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 692 pages
...own ; and that carried me pretty far into the fcience. This was not done without difficulty. I had not a farthing on earth, nor a friend to give me one. Pen, ink and paper, therefore, (indefpite of the flippant remark of Lord Orford) • were, for the moft part, as completely out of...
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The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, tr. into Engl. verse, by W. Gifford ...

Juvenal - 1806 - 578 pages
...my own; and that carried me pretty far into the science. This was not done without difficulty. I had not a farthing on earth, nor a friend to give me one:...sceptre. There was indeed a resource; but the utmost caution and secrecy were necessary in applying to it. I beat out pieces of leather as smooth as possible,...
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The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis

Juvenal - 1806 - 582 pages
...own; and that carried me pretty far into the science. -. This was not done without difficulty. I had not a farthing on earth, nor a friend to give me ••/ one: pen, ink, and paper, therefore, (in despite y of the flippant remark of Lord Orford,) were, for ^~-4he most part, as completely out of my reach,...
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