Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... in question , whose death took place in 1806. It is notorious , indeed , that the biographer of Beattie 3 iv . 321 . 5 ii . 262 . 1 Vol . i . 394 . 4 iv . 428 . 2 i . 404 . MR . CROKER'S DATES 5 lived just long enough to SAMUEL JOHNSON.
... in question , whose death took place in 1806. It is notorious , indeed , that the biographer of Beattie 3 iv . 321 . 5 ii . 262 . 1 Vol . i . 394 . 4 iv . 428 . 2 i . 404 . MR . CROKER'S DATES 5 lived just long enough to SAMUEL JOHNSON.
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... took place before the Morning Herald was in existence . The duel was fought in Jaunary , 1777. The Chronicle of the Annual Register for that year contains an account of the transaction , and distinctly states that Mr. Bate was editor of ...
... took place before the Morning Herald was in existence . The duel was fought in Jaunary , 1777. The Chronicle of the Annual Register for that year contains an account of the transaction , and distinctly states that Mr. Bate was editor of ...
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... took a fancy for studying Arabic , and was prevented from doing so by the remonstrances of his tutor . Soon after this , the young man fell in with Bossuet's controversial writings , and was speedily converted by them to the Roman ...
... took a fancy for studying Arabic , and was prevented from doing so by the remonstrances of his tutor . Soon after this , the young man fell in with Bossuet's controversial writings , and was speedily converted by them to the Roman ...
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... took place.2 The very page which contains this monstrous The apostasy of a gentleman commoner would of course be for a time the chief subject of conversation in the common room of Magdalene . His whim about Arabic learning would ...
... took place.2 The very page which contains this monstrous The apostasy of a gentleman commoner would of course be for a time the chief subject of conversation in the common room of Magdalene . His whim about Arabic learning would ...
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... took his 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 ...
... took his 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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