The life and letters of William Cowper, Том 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... to do his business well , and say little about it ; but he disgraces himself when he puffs his prowess as if he had finished his task , when he has but just þegun it . Yours , W. C. 7 LETTER IX . To the Rev. WILLIAM UNWIN . 43.
... to do his business well , and say little about it ; but he disgraces himself when he puffs his prowess as if he had finished his task , when he has but just þegun it . Yours , W. C. 7 LETTER IX . To the Rev. WILLIAM UNWIN . 43.
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... finished no- thing , since Lipublished except a certain facetious history of John Gilpin , which Mrs. Unwin would send to the Public Advertiser . Perhaps you might read it without suspecting the authors 9 My book procures me favors ...
... finished no- thing , since Lipublished except a certain facetious history of John Gilpin , which Mrs. Unwin would send to the Public Advertiser . Perhaps you might read it without suspecting the authors 9 My book procures me favors ...
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... finished , a paradox , which your na tural acumen , sharpened by habits of logical atten- tion , will enable you to reconcile in a moment . De not imagine , however , that I lounge over it - on the contrary , I find it severe exercise ...
... finished , a paradox , which your na tural acumen , sharpened by habits of logical atten- tion , will enable you to reconcile in a moment . De not imagine , however , that I lounge over it - on the contrary , I find it severe exercise ...
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... finish- éd , the work is accomplished , but if I may judge by my present inability , that period is at a conside- rable distance . " The following extract not only mentions the completion of his great work , but gives a particular ...
... finish- éd , the work is accomplished , but if I may judge by my present inability , that period is at a conside- rable distance . " The following extract not only mentions the completion of his great work , but gives a particular ...
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... finished , and his tender delicacy of regard , and attention , to that young friend was amiably displayed in assigning to him the honorable office of revising and consigning to the press a work so important , The year 1784 , was a ...
... finished , and his tender delicacy of regard , and attention , to that young friend was amiably displayed in assigning to him the honorable office of revising and consigning to the press a work so important , The year 1784 , was a ...
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