The Journal of a Voyage to LisbonA. Millar, 1755 - 276 páginas |
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Página vii
... least ambitious to affect . INDEED if these two , and two or three more , fhould be removed from the mafs , there would remain such a heap of dulnefs behind , that the appel- lation of voyage - writer would not ap- pear very defirable ...
... least ambitious to affect . INDEED if these two , and two or three more , fhould be removed from the mafs , there would remain such a heap of dulnefs behind , that the appel- lation of voyage - writer would not ap- pear very defirable ...
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... least to publishing , at all : why then fhould not the voyage- writer be inflamed with the glory of having feen what no man ever did or will fee but himfelf ? This is the true fource of the wonderful , in the dif- course and writings ...
... least to publishing , at all : why then fhould not the voyage- writer be inflamed with the glory of having feen what no man ever did or will fee but himfelf ? This is the true fource of the wonderful , in the dif- course and writings ...
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... least to remain any time formidable to the public . I HAD delayed my Bath - journey for fome time , contrary to the repeated ad- vice of my physical acquaintance , and to the ardent defire of my warmest friends , tho ' my diftemper was ...
... least to remain any time formidable to the public . I HAD delayed my Bath - journey for fome time , contrary to the repeated ad- vice of my physical acquaintance , and to the ardent defire of my warmest friends , tho ' my diftemper was ...
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... least beyond the reach of neceffity , which I myself began to defpair of doing . And tho ' I disclaim all pretence to that Spartan or Roman patriotism , which loved the public fo well that it was always ready to become a voluntary ...
... least beyond the reach of neceffity , which I myself began to defpair of doing . And tho ' I disclaim all pretence to that Spartan or Roman patriotism , which loved the public fo well that it was always ready to become a voluntary ...
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... least this was not my aim as an end , but rather as a means , of pur- chafing fome moderate provifion for my family , which , tho ' it fhould exceed my merit , muft fall infinitely fhort of my fervice , if I fucceeded in my at- tempt ...
... least this was not my aim as an end , but rather as a means , of pur- chafing fome moderate provifion for my family , which , tho ' it fhould exceed my merit , muft fall infinitely fhort of my fervice , if I fucceeded in my at- tempt ...
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