Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... master of the ceremonies at Bath , died very poor in 1760.1 We read on ; and , a few pages later , we find Dr. Johnson and Boswell talking of this same Derrick as still living and reigning , as having retrieved his character , as ...
... master of the ceremonies at Bath , died very poor in 1760.1 We read on ; and , a few pages later , we find Dr. Johnson and Boswell talking of this same Derrick as still living and reigning , as having retrieved his character , as ...
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... Master's degree in 1754,2 and his Doctor's degree in 1775.8 In the spring of 1776,4 he paid a visit to Oxford , and at this visit a conversation respecting the works on Home and Macpherson might have taken place , and , in all ...
... Master's degree in 1754,2 and his Doctor's degree in 1775.8 In the spring of 1776,4 he paid a visit to Oxford , and at this visit a conversation respecting the works on Home and Macpherson might have taken place , and , in all ...
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... master ; and so forth . We cannot speak more favourably of the manner in which the notes are written than of the matter ยท 6 of which they consist . We find in every page words used in wrong senses , and constructions which violate the ...
... master ; and so forth . We cannot speak more favourably of the manner in which the notes are written than of the matter ยท 6 of which they consist . We find in every page words used in wrong senses , and constructions which violate the ...
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... Master of the Mint . Stepney and Prior were employed in embassies of high dignity and importance . Gay , who commenced life as apprentice to a silk mercer , became a secretary of legation at five - and - twenty . It was to a poem on the ...
... Master of the Mint . Stepney and Prior were employed in embassies of high dignity and importance . Gay , who commenced life as apprentice to a silk mercer , became a secretary of legation at five - and - twenty . It was to a poem on the ...
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... master calls us , stripping the lace off our waistcoats , but the spirit of contention from our souls and tongues . Alas ! sir , a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat will not find his way thither the sooner in a grey one ...
... master calls us , stripping the lace off our waistcoats , but the spirit of contention from our souls and tongues . Alas ! sir , a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat will not find his way thither the sooner in a grey one ...
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