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... hand , like labourers in the Magazine trade , I humbly prefume to promise an epitome of all the good things that ... hand , and upon moderate terms , to draw up a promifing plan to fmooth up our readers a little , and pay them , as ...
... hand , like labourers in the Magazine trade , I humbly prefume to promise an epitome of all the good things that ... hand , and upon moderate terms , to draw up a promifing plan to fmooth up our readers a little , and pay them , as ...
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... hands of a devourer of compi lations , what can he expect but contempt and con- fufion ? If his merits are to be determined by judges who eftimate the value of a book from its bulk , or its frontispiece , every rival must acquire an ...
... hands of a devourer of compi lations , what can he expect but contempt and con- fufion ? If his merits are to be determined by judges who eftimate the value of a book from its bulk , or its frontispiece , every rival must acquire an ...
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... hand ; and our traveller was willing to per- form the duties of the day . Upon his first appear- ance at the church - door , the eyes of all were natu- rally fixed upon the ftranger : but what was their amazement , when they found that ...
... hand ; and our traveller was willing to per- form the duties of the day . Upon his first appear- ance at the church - door , the eyes of all were natu- rally fixed upon the ftranger : but what was their amazement , when they found that ...
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... hand , prefided at the head of the table . I could not avoid , upon my entrance , making use of all my skill , in phyfiognomy , in order to discover that fuperiority of genius in men , who had taken a title fo fuperior to the rest of ...
... hand , prefided at the head of the table . I could not avoid , upon my entrance , making use of all my skill , in phyfiognomy , in order to discover that fuperiority of genius in men , who had taken a title fo fuperior to the rest of ...
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... hand , and with faces that might eafily be con- ftrued into abfolute wifdom . Happy fociety , thought I to myfelf ... hands , and looking as wife as poffible , obferved , that the nights began to grow a little coolish at this time of the ...
... hand , and with faces that might eafily be con- ftrued into abfolute wifdom . Happy fociety , thought I to myfelf ... hands , and looking as wife as poffible , obferved , that the nights began to grow a little coolish at this time of the ...
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Page 170 - Frenchmen : we had no arms ; but one Englishman is able to beat five French at any time : so we went down to the door, where both the sentries were posted, and rushing upon them, seized their arms in a moment, and knocked them down. From thence, nine of us ran together to the quay...
Page xi - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.