The Journal of a Voyage to LisbonA. Millar, 1755 - 276 páginas |
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... hath left behind , will , not doubt , be a motive to encourage its cir- culation through the kingdom , which will engage every future genius to ex- ert itself for your pleasure . THE principles and fpirit which breathe in every line of ...
... hath left behind , will , not doubt , be a motive to encourage its cir- culation through the kingdom , which will engage every future genius to ex- ert itself for your pleasure . THE principles and fpirit which breathe in every line of ...
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... panion to a man of fenfe , it is neceffary , not only that he fhould have feen much , but that he should have overlooked much of what he hath feen . Nature is not , 2- any any more than a great genius , always admirable in ii The PREFACE .
... panion to a man of fenfe , it is neceffary , not only that he fhould have feen much , but that he should have overlooked much of what he hath feen . Nature is not , 2- any any more than a great genius , always admirable in ii The PREFACE .
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... hath therefore that active paffion conftantly employed in its fervice . This , indeed , it is in the power of every traveller to gratify ; but it is the leading principle in weak minds only . To render his relation agreeable to the man ...
... hath therefore that active paffion conftantly employed in its fervice . This , indeed , it is in the power of every traveller to gratify ; but it is the leading principle in weak minds only . To render his relation agreeable to the man ...
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... hath been a moft parfimonious diftributer of her richest talents , and hath feldom bestowed many on the fame perfon . But on the other hand , why there fhould scarce exift a fingle writer of this kind worthy our regard ; and whilft ...
... hath been a moft parfimonious diftributer of her richest talents , and hath feldom bestowed many on the fame perfon . But on the other hand , why there fhould scarce exift a fingle writer of this kind worthy our regard ; and whilft ...
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... hath ever feen , and with adven- tures which never have nor could poffi- bly have happened to them , they wafte their time and paper with recording things and facts of fo common a kind , that they challenge no other right of being ...
... hath ever feen , and with adven- tures which never have nor could poffi- bly have happened to them , they wafte their time and paper with recording things and facts of fo common a kind , that they challenge no other right of being ...
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