Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... WALPOLE . 183 October 1833 249 WILLIAM PITT , EARL OF CHATHAM . January 1834 SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH . July 1835 EDITOR'S APPENDIX Glossary of Allusions INDEX VOL . II . 38X1084 A 298 354 439 453 465 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS ...
... WALPOLE . 183 October 1833 249 WILLIAM PITT , EARL OF CHATHAM . January 1834 SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH . July 1835 EDITOR'S APPENDIX Glossary of Allusions INDEX VOL . II . 38X1084 A 298 354 439 453 465 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS ...
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... Walpole called a man who never made a bad figure but as an author . ' 3 One or two of these solecisms should perhaps be attributed to the printer , who has certainly done his best to fill both the text and the notes with all sorts of ...
... Walpole called a man who never made a bad figure but as an author . ' 3 One or two of these solecisms should perhaps be attributed to the printer , who has certainly done his best to fill both the text and the notes with all sorts of ...
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... of stamps and a member of Parliament . Arthur Mainwaring was a commissioner of the customs , and auditor of the imprest . Tickell was secretary to the Lords WALPOLE AND LITERATURE 35 Justices of Ireland . Addison was 34 SAMUEL JOHNSON.
... of stamps and a member of Parliament . Arthur Mainwaring was a commissioner of the customs , and auditor of the imprest . Tickell was secretary to the Lords WALPOLE AND LITERATURE 35 Justices of Ireland . Addison was 34 SAMUEL JOHNSON.
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... Walpole was by no means inclined to divert any part of the fund of corruption to purposes which he considered as idle . He had eminent talents for governments and for debate . But he had paid little attention to books , and felt little ...
... Walpole was by no means inclined to divert any part of the fund of corruption to purposes which he considered as idle . He had eminent talents for governments and for debate . But he had paid little attention to books , and felt little ...
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... Walpole , as the reward of mere literary merit . One or two of the many poets who attached themselves to the opposition , Thomson in particular and Mallet , obtained , after much severe suffering , the means of subsistence from their ...
... Walpole , as the reward of mere literary merit . One or two of the many poets who attached themselves to the opposition , Thomson in particular and Mallet , obtained , after much severe suffering , the means of subsistence from their ...
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