The British Essayists: WorldJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... opinion , by the support you have given to them , I beg leave to prefix your name to this third volume , and to subscribe myself , Sir , Your obliged , and most faithful Humble servant , ADAM FITZ - ADAM . IV . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ...
... opinion , by the support you have given to them , I beg leave to prefix your name to this third volume , and to subscribe myself , Sir , Your obliged , and most faithful Humble servant , ADAM FITZ - ADAM . IV . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ...
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... opinions did credit to his industry and acuteness ; and though they failed to convince the public in general , they have been regarded by some able judges as carrying considerable weight . Several answers were made to this work , on ...
... opinions did credit to his industry and acuteness ; and though they failed to convince the public in general , they have been regarded by some able judges as carrying considerable weight . Several answers were made to this work , on ...
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... opinion of our ancestors , that there are few things more difficult , or that required greater skill and ad- dress , than the speaking properly of one's self . But if by speaking properly be meant speaking success- fully , the art is ...
... opinion of our ancestors , that there are few things more difficult , or that required greater skill and ad- dress , than the speaking properly of one's self . But if by speaking properly be meant speaking success- fully , the art is ...
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... opinion of those who are in the secret of such mottos , the custom is , as Shakspeare says , more honoured in the breach than the observance ; a motto being generally chosen after the essay is written , and hardly ever having affinity ...
... opinion of those who are in the secret of such mottos , the custom is , as Shakspeare says , more honoured in the breach than the observance ; a motto being generally chosen after the essay is written , and hardly ever having affinity ...
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... opinion ; and if I do not think proper to say with Horace , or with Ovid , Sublimi feriam sidera vertice . Jamque opus incepi , quod nec Jovis ira , nec ignes , Nec poterit ferrum , nec edax abolere vetustas . it is because I choose to ...
... opinion ; and if I do not think proper to say with Horace , or with Ovid , Sublimi feriam sidera vertice . Jamque opus incepi , quod nec Jovis ira , nec ignes , Nec poterit ferrum , nec edax abolere vetustas . it is because I choose to ...
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