Flowers of Literature, for 1806: Or, Characteristic Sketches of Human Nature, and Modern Manners. To which are Added, a General View of Literature During that Period; Portraits and Biographical Notices of Eminent Literary, and Political Characters; with Notes, Historical, Critical, and ExplanatoryB. Crosby and Company, 1807 - 528 pages |
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... amusement and dissipation her fa- ther and aunt engaged in , and entered into them with that eager . ness natural to a young person ; and as her very fine form had attained the stature of a woman , she wore the dress of one , and it has ...
... amusement and dissipation her fa- ther and aunt engaged in , and entered into them with that eager . ness natural to a young person ; and as her very fine form had attained the stature of a woman , she wore the dress of one , and it has ...
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... amusement ; they were first offered to Dodsley and refused ; they were afterwards shewn to Dilly in the Poultry , who also declined them : it has been seen with what degree of judgment these decisions were made : through the in- terest ...
... amusement ; they were first offered to Dodsley and refused ; they were afterwards shewn to Dilly in the Poultry , who also declined them : it has been seen with what degree of judgment these decisions were made : through the in- terest ...
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... Amusements , now obliged him to recal it . Having de- tailed the principal occurrences of the chequered life of our author , we shall leave his works to speak for themselves ; and unpoetical must be his ear , and void of feeling and ...
... Amusements , now obliged him to recal it . Having de- tailed the principal occurrences of the chequered life of our author , we shall leave his works to speak for themselves ; and unpoetical must be his ear , and void of feeling and ...
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... amusements , and studied every means of adding to her pleasures . " We perfectly agree with the reverend editor of the Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson , ( M. P. for the county of Nottingham , in the long parliament ) written ...
... amusements , and studied every means of adding to her pleasures . " We perfectly agree with the reverend editor of the Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson , ( M. P. for the county of Nottingham , in the long parliament ) written ...
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... amusement to the lovers of theatrical biogra- phy - a species of writing which generally abounds with anecdote . We are not aware , whether Mr. Young may have derived his taste from those savages whom travellers describe as being ...
... amusement to the lovers of theatrical biogra- phy - a species of writing which generally abounds with anecdote . We are not aware , whether Mr. Young may have derived his taste from those savages whom travellers describe as being ...
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