Select British Classics, Volume 25J. Conrad, 1803 - English literature |
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... honour to shew my veneration for transcendent merit under my own name , in this address to your lordship . The just ap- plication of those high accomplishments , of which you are master , has been an advantage to all your fellow ...
... honour to shew my veneration for transcendent merit under my own name , in this address to your lordship . The just ap- plication of those high accomplishments , of which you are master , has been an advantage to all your fellow ...
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... honour to the human figure , as much as the other vilifies and degrades it . Every one will easily imagine I mean Signior Nicolini , who sets off the character he bears in an opera by his action , as much as he does the words of it by ...
... honour to the human figure , as much as the other vilifies and degrades it . Every one will easily imagine I mean Signior Nicolini , who sets off the character he bears in an opera by his action , as much as he does the words of it by ...
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... honour of families . These arguments would have wrought very much upon me , ( as I then told the company in a long and elaborate discourse ) had I not considered the great and additional expence which such fashions would bring upon ...
... honour of families . These arguments would have wrought very much upon me , ( as I then told the company in a long and elaborate discourse ) had I not considered the great and additional expence which such fashions would bring upon ...
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... honour ; and ava- rice , the care of posterity . This scheme of thought amused me very agreeably till I retired to rest , and afterwards formed itself into a pleasing and regular vision , which I shall describe in all its circumstances ...
... honour ; and ava- rice , the care of posterity . This scheme of thought amused me very agreeably till I retired to rest , and afterwards formed itself into a pleasing and regular vision , which I shall describe in all its circumstances ...
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... honour to appear there , I will publish on the " bills that it is to be performed at the request of " Isaac Bickerstaff , Esq . and question not but it will " bring me as great an audience , as ever was at the " house , since the ...
... honour to appear there , I will publish on the " bills that it is to be performed at the request of " Isaac Bickerstaff , Esq . and question not but it will " bring me as great an audience , as ever was at the " house , since the ...
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