The Journal of a Voyage to LisbonA. Millar, 1755 - 276 páginas |
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... first published volume , of the au- thor's pofthumous pieces , may be attend- ed with some convenience to those inno- cents he hath left behind , will , not doubt , be a motive to encourage its cir- culation through the kingdom , which ...
... first published volume , of the au- thor's pofthumous pieces , may be attend- ed with some convenience to those inno- cents he hath left behind , will , not doubt , be a motive to encourage its cir- culation through the kingdom , which ...
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... first pattern of the piece . BUT other writers ( I will put Pliny at their head ) have no fuch pretenfions . to indulgence : they lye for lying fake , or in order infolently to impose the most monftrous improbabilities and abfurdi- ties ...
... first pattern of the piece . BUT other writers ( I will put Pliny at their head ) have no fuch pretenfions . to indulgence : they lye for lying fake , or in order infolently to impose the most monftrous improbabilities and abfurdi- ties ...
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... put it in o im- mediate execution . Aix in Provence was the place first thought on ; but the difficulties of get- ting thither were infuperable . The journey of journey by land , befide the expence it , INTRODUCTION . 39.
... put it in o im- mediate execution . Aix in Provence was the place first thought on ; but the difficulties of get- ting thither were infuperable . The journey of journey by land , befide the expence it , INTRODUCTION . 39.
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... first to go into a boat ; a matter of no small difficulty , as I had no use of my limbs , and was to be carried by men , who tho ' fufficiently ftrong for their burden , were , like Archimedes , puzzled to find a steady footing . Of ...
... first to go into a boat ; a matter of no small difficulty , as I had no use of my limbs , and was to be carried by men , who tho ' fufficiently ftrong for their burden , were , like Archimedes , puzzled to find a steady footing . Of ...
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... first conceived this inten- tion , I began to entertain thoughts of inquiring into the antiquity of travell- ing and , as many perfons have per- formed in this way ( I mean have tra- velled ) at the expence of the public . I flattered ...
... first conceived this inten- tion , I began to entertain thoughts of inquiring into the antiquity of travell- ing and , as many perfons have per- formed in this way ( I mean have tra- velled ) at the expence of the public . I flattered ...
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