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... copy by the insertion , in his own hand , of 1690 ' as the date of his first return to Ireland . " - Forster , P. 56 . 2 At Sheen , near Richmond , in Surrey . - P . CUNNINGHAM . 3 Orrery's Remarks , 12mo , 1753 , p . 13 . 4 In 1689 ...
... copy by the insertion , in his own hand , of 1690 ' as the date of his first return to Ireland . " - Forster , P. 56 . 2 At Sheen , near Richmond , in Surrey . - P . CUNNINGHAM . 3 Orrery's Remarks , 12mo , 1753 , p . 13 . 4 In 1689 ...
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... copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them printed . His favourite maxim was vive la bagatelle ; he thought trifles a necessary part of life , and perhaps found them necessary to himself . It seems impossible ...
... copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them printed . His favourite maxim was vive la bagatelle ; he thought trifles a necessary part of life , and perhaps found them necessary to himself . It seems impossible ...
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... copies as he wanted for his friends , which amounted to one hundred more . The payment made to Fenton I know but by hearsay ; Broome's is very distinctly told by Pope , in the notes to the " Dunciad . " It is evident , that , according ...
... copies as he wanted for his friends , which amounted to one hundred more . The payment made to Fenton I know but by hearsay ; Broome's is very distinctly told by Pope , in the notes to the " Dunciad . " It is evident , that , according ...
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... copies the most popular writers , for he seems scarcely to endeavour at concealment ; and sometimes he picks up fragments in obscure corners . His lines to Fenton . 44 Mr. Cunningham points out that this is a mistake , as Broome , in ...
... copies the most popular writers , for he seems scarcely to endeavour at concealment ; and sometimes he picks up fragments in obscure corners . His lines to Fenton . 44 Mr. Cunningham points out that this is a mistake , as Broome , in ...
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... copies as a numerous impression . Dennis was not his only censurer ; the zealous papists thought the monks treated with too much contempt , and Erasmus too studiously praised ; but to these objections he had not much regard . The Essay ...
... copies as a numerous impression . Dennis was not his only censurer ; the zealous papists thought the monks treated with too much contempt , and Erasmus too studiously praised ; but to these objections he had not much regard . The Essay ...
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