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Caustic , a fine gentleman of the last age , somewhat severe in his remarks on
the present . Mackenzie 3. On the writing of history - Ancient history compared
with modern Cullen 6. The author attends Col. Caustic to a play - Remarks of the
...
Caustic , a fine gentleman of the last age , somewhat severe in his remarks on
the present . Mackenzie 3. On the writing of history - Ancient history compared
with modern Cullen 6. The author attends Col. Caustic to a play - Remarks of the
...
Page vi
Arguments for the existence of sorcery in the present times - Enumeration of
various kinds of modern witchcraft 42. On the poems of Hamilton of Bangour Prof.
Richardson 43. The evils of a good neighbourhood Craig 44. Narrative of the ...
Arguments for the existence of sorcery in the present times - Enumeration of
various kinds of modern witchcraft 42. On the poems of Hamilton of Bangour Prof.
Richardson 43. The evils of a good neighbourhood Craig 44. Narrative of the ...
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As far as the freedom from dissipation extends , the writer of the present paper
thinks he may lay claim to the last of those characters . It were needless , and
indeed improper , tò trouble his readers with the history of those incidents in his
life ...
As far as the freedom from dissipation extends , the writer of the present paper
thinks he may lay claim to the last of those characters . It were needless , and
indeed improper , tò trouble his readers with the history of those incidents in his
life ...
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It is not my object at present to inquire how far this opinion be well or ill founded :
allowing it to be just , what must Mr. Hume's station be in the scale of excellence
? That question , I am persuaded , his gentle modesty hardly permitted him to ...
It is not my object at present to inquire how far this opinion be well or ill founded :
allowing it to be just , what must Mr. Hume's station be in the scale of excellence
? That question , I am persuaded , his gentle modesty hardly permitted him to ...
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In the pride of present power , and amidst the self - importance fostered by
perpetual adulation , the minister and his minions might view with a certain
degree of contempt a man on whom they were bestowing so paltry a recompense
: on the ...
In the pride of present power , and amidst the self - importance fostered by
perpetual adulation , the minister and his minions might view with a certain
degree of contempt a man on whom they were bestowing so paltry a recompense
: on the ...
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| Title | The British Essayists: Lounger Volume 30 of The British Essayists, James Ferguson Volume 30 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| Editor | James Ferguson |
| Contributor | James Ferguson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2006 |
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