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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... soon followed : for , in the year 1754 , he raised him to the important office of secretary at war , and in the following year , to the still higher one of secretary of state for the foreign department . In 1763 he was , by his present ...
... soon followed : for , in the year 1754 , he raised him to the important office of secretary at war , and in the following year , to the still higher one of secretary of state for the foreign department . In 1763 he was , by his present ...
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... soon , however , as Lord North's treatment of him was made known , he quitted the treasury bench , and seated himself on the opposite side . Many attributed this conduct to sinister motives , and perhaps it was not owing to the pure ...
... soon , however , as Lord North's treatment of him was made known , he quitted the treasury bench , and seated himself on the opposite side . Many attributed this conduct to sinister motives , and perhaps it was not owing to the pure ...
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... soon shewed that no good was to be expected from their exertions ; and after the death of Mr. Fox , which happened on the 13th of September , 1806 , their measures were so absurd , and their conduct so overbearing , that on their ...
... soon shewed that no good was to be expected from their exertions ; and after the death of Mr. Fox , which happened on the 13th of September , 1806 , their measures were so absurd , and their conduct so overbearing , that on their ...
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... soon after Mr. Smith's father purchased an estate called Lys Farm , Hampshire . But he had no sooner removed thither , than he be- gan enlarging the house , and making additions to the garden and offices on an extensive plan ; his ...
... soon after Mr. Smith's father purchased an estate called Lys Farm , Hampshire . But he had no sooner removed thither , than he be- gan enlarging the house , and making additions to the garden and offices on an extensive plan ; his ...
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... Soon after these events , Mrs. Smith collected such poems as she had originally written for her amusement ; they ... soon after obliged him to leave England , and in the autumn of 1781 , he established his family in a gloomy and ...
... Soon after these events , Mrs. Smith collected such poems as she had originally written for her amusement ; they ... soon after obliged him to leave England , and in the autumn of 1781 , he established his family in a gloomy and ...
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