A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Том 4Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... ENGLISH HISTORY , addressed to a Friend , by RICHARD Farmer , D. D. · 2. On JOHN DENNIS III . Character of Mrs. JONES , of Nayland IV . Narrative of the Sufferings of ELIZABETH WOODCOCK V. List of Prints , from Pictures by Sir JOSHUA ...
... ENGLISH HISTORY , addressed to a Friend , by RICHARD Farmer , D. D. · 2. On JOHN DENNIS III . Character of Mrs. JONES , of Nayland IV . Narrative of the Sufferings of ELIZABETH WOODCOCK V. List of Prints , from Pictures by Sir JOSHUA ...
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... English language is spoken . To this undertaking he owed the affluence in which he passed the last twenty years of his life ; and the fortune which he left behind him , which , though large , had been yet larger , had he not rashly and ...
... English language is spoken . To this undertaking he owed the affluence in which he passed the last twenty years of his life ; and the fortune which he left behind him , which , though large , had been yet larger , had he not rashly and ...
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... English reader , with his usual skill and erudition , he pub- lished an illustration of these choice remains of antiquity , with a map , and the manner how they came to be dis- covered . His discourses , or sermons , under the title of ...
... English reader , with his usual skill and erudition , he pub- lished an illustration of these choice remains of antiquity , with a map , and the manner how they came to be dis- covered . His discourses , or sermons , under the title of ...
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... , and all the wits of Christ Church , having Bentley and Pope both at dinner with him , insisted on knowing what opinion the Doctor entertained of the English Bishop Atterbury , & c . € 9 Anecdotes of ATTERBURY, BENTLEY, POPE, FENTON.
... , and all the wits of Christ Church , having Bentley and Pope both at dinner with him , insisted on knowing what opinion the Doctor entertained of the English Bishop Atterbury , & c . € 9 Anecdotes of ATTERBURY, BENTLEY, POPE, FENTON.
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on knowing what opinion the Doctor entertained of the English Homer . He for some time eluded the question ; but , at last , being urged to speak out , he said , " The verses " are good verses , but the work is not Homer , it is Spon ...
on knowing what opinion the Doctor entertained of the English Homer . He for some time eluded the question ; but , at last , being urged to speak out , he said , " The verses " are good verses , but the work is not Homer , it is Spon ...
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