The Journal of a Voyage to LisbonA. Millar, 1755 - 276 páginas |
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... they are the pro- duct of a genius that has long been your delight and entertain- It must be acknowledged that a lamp almost burnt out does not give fo steady and uniform a light , as when it it blazes in its full vigour ; but yet it ...
... they are the pro- duct of a genius that has long been your delight and entertain- It must be acknowledged that a lamp almost burnt out does not give fo steady and uniform a light , as when it it blazes in its full vigour ; but yet it ...
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... give him very little opportu- nity of communicating any kind of en- tertainment or improvement to others . To make a traveller an agreeable com- panion to a man of fenfe , it is neceffary , not only that he fhould have feen much , but ...
... give him very little opportu- nity of communicating any kind of en- tertainment or improvement to others . To make a traveller an agreeable com- panion to a man of fenfe , it is neceffary , not only that he fhould have feen much , but ...
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... give themselves fo little trouble to attain ; unless it be , perhaps , that lowest degree of it which is the object of curiofity , and which hath therefore that active paffion conftantly employed in its fervice . This , indeed , it is ...
... give themselves fo little trouble to attain ; unless it be , perhaps , that lowest degree of it which is the object of curiofity , and which hath therefore that active paffion conftantly employed in its fervice . This , indeed , it is ...
Página xii
... give it a place there , without any confideration whe- ther it is capable of pleafing or furprif- ing , of diverting or informing the rea- der . . I HAVE feen a play ( if I mistake not , it is one of Mrs. Behn's , or of Mrs. Centlivre's ) ...
... give it a place there , without any confideration whe- ther it is capable of pleafing or furprif- ing , of diverting or informing the rea- der . . I HAVE feen a play ( if I mistake not , it is one of Mrs. Behn's , or of Mrs. Centlivre's ) ...
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... give the kind reader ; which is , that if he fhould be able to find no fort of amusement in the book , he will be pleased to remember the public utility which will arife from it . If entertain- ment , as Mr. Richardfon obferves , be but ...
... give the kind reader ; which is , that if he fhould be able to find no fort of amusement in the book , he will be pleased to remember the public utility which will arife from it . If entertain- ment , as Mr. Richardfon obferves , be but ...
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