The British Essayists;: ObserverJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 |
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... . 104. Memoirs of a sentimentalist . 105. Conclusion of the above . 106. Observations on the passions . 107. The character of a flatterer . 108. The flatterer reformed . THE OBSERVER . NUMBER LII . Singula lætus Exquiritque , ii CONTENTS .
... . 104. Memoirs of a sentimentalist . 105. Conclusion of the above . 106. Observations on the passions . 107. The character of a flatterer . 108. The flatterer reformed . THE OBSERVER . NUMBER LII . Singula lætus Exquiritque , ii CONTENTS .
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Alexander Chalmers. THE OBSERVER . NUMBER LII . Singula lætus Exquiritque , auditque , virum monumenta priorum . VIRGIL . Of all our dealers in second - hand wares , few bring their goods to so bad a market , as those humble wits who ...
Alexander Chalmers. THE OBSERVER . NUMBER LII . Singula lætus Exquiritque , auditque , virum monumenta priorum . VIRGIL . Of all our dealers in second - hand wares , few bring their goods to so bad a market , as those humble wits who ...
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... NUMBER LIII . THERE is no period of ancient history would afford a more useful study to a young prince , than an ac- curate delineation of the whole life of Tiberius : This ought to be done with great care and ability , for it is a ...
... NUMBER LIII . THERE is no period of ancient history would afford a more useful study to a young prince , than an ac- curate delineation of the whole life of Tiberius : This ought to be done with great care and ability , for it is a ...
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... number . The death of that most amiable and excellent prince , which was imputed to the machinations of Cneius Piso , involved Tiberius in some degree in the same suspicion ; but as Tacitus , in his account of the event , gives ...
... number . The death of that most amiable and excellent prince , which was imputed to the machinations of Cneius Piso , involved Tiberius in some degree in the same suspicion ; but as Tacitus , in his account of the event , gives ...
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... number of circumstances might be adduced in support of this conjecture ; it is sufficient to instance his extraordinary letter to the senate ; can words be found more expressive of a distracted and desperate state of mind than the ...
... number of circumstances might be adduced in support of this conjecture ; it is sufficient to instance his extraordinary letter to the senate ; can words be found more expressive of a distracted and desperate state of mind than the ...
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