The Journal of a Voyage to LisbonA. Millar, 1755 - 276 páginas |
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Página iv
... his pains in collecting know- ledge , all his judgment in selecting , and all his art in communicating it , will not fuffice , unless he can make himself , in fome fome degree , an agreeable , as well as an iv The PREFACE .
... his pains in collecting know- ledge , all his judgment in selecting , and all his art in communicating it , will not fuffice , unless he can make himself , in fome fome degree , an agreeable , as well as an iv The PREFACE .
Página vii
... himself is by fome considered as a voyage - writer ; and indeed the be- ginning of his Odyffy may be urged to countenance that opinion , which I shall not controvert . But whatever fpecies . of writing the Odyffy is of , it is furely at ...
... himself is by fome considered as a voyage - writer ; and indeed the be- ginning of his Odyffy may be urged to countenance that opinion , which I shall not controvert . But whatever fpecies . of writing the Odyffy is of , it is furely at ...
Página xii
... himself . Of fuch confequence do his own actions appear to one of this kind , that he would probably think himself guilty of infidelity , fhould he omit the minutest thing in the detail of his journal . That the fact is true , is ...
... himself . Of fuch confequence do his own actions appear to one of this kind , that he would probably think himself guilty of infidelity , fhould he omit the minutest thing in the detail of his journal . That the fact is true , is ...
Página xiii
... himself , before his departure from a town , calls for his journal , to record the goodness of the wine and to- bacco , with other articles of the fame importance , which are to furnish the materials of a voyage at his return home . The ...
... himself , before his departure from a town , calls for his journal , to record the goodness of the wine and to- bacco , with other articles of the fame importance , which are to furnish the materials of a voyage at his return home . The ...
Página xvi
... himself obliged to me , when he compares it with the conduct of authors , who of- ten fill a whole fheet with their own praises , to which they fometimes fet their own real names , and fometimes a fictitious one . One hint , however , I ...
... himself obliged to me , when he compares it with the conduct of authors , who of- ten fill a whole fheet with their own praises , to which they fometimes fet their own real names , and fometimes a fictitious one . One hint , however , I ...
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