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... present issue is intended to supply the defi- ciency . The volumes are of convenient size , handsomely printed from the last English edition , and the price is such as to recommend them to the favor of the public , and especially of ...
... present issue is intended to supply the defi- ciency . The volumes are of convenient size , handsomely printed from the last English edition , and the price is such as to recommend them to the favor of the public , and especially of ...
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... present at a most interesting conversation between Voltaire and Fontenelle , and that this conversation took place at Paris . Now , it is certain that Voltaire never was within a hundred leagues of Paris during the whole time which ...
... present at a most interesting conversation between Voltaire and Fontenelle , and that this conversation took place at Paris . Now , it is certain that Voltaire never was within a hundred leagues of Paris during the whole time which ...
Page xxx
... present . A single man living in the Temple , with £ 400 a year , might then be called opulent . Not one in ten of the young gentlemen of good families , who were studying the law there , had so much . But all the wealth which Lord ...
... present . A single man living in the Temple , with £ 400 a year , might then be called opulent . Not one in ten of the young gentlemen of good families , who were studying the law there , had so much . But all the wealth which Lord ...
Page xxxviii
... present , which the following anecdote may serve to prove : On a summer's excursion to the continent , he accompanied a lady and her two beautiful daughters into France and Flanders , and often expressed a little displeasure at ...
... present , which the following anecdote may serve to prove : On a summer's excursion to the continent , he accompanied a lady and her two beautiful daughters into France and Flanders , and often expressed a little displeasure at ...
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... table , and there were present the Burkes , Caleb White- foord , Major Mills , & c . & c . I remember Dr. Goldsmith gave me an order soon after this , with which I went to see this comedy ; and xl ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH .
... table , and there were present the Burkes , Caleb White- foord , Major Mills , & c . & c . I remember Dr. Goldsmith gave me an order soon after this , with which I went to see this comedy ; and xl ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH .
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