Retrospective Review, Volume 4Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas C. and H. Baldwyn, 1821 - Bibliography |
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... writing the history of his own life , until his fortieth year- When all the fiercer passions cease , The glory and ... writer expresses it , the clock of his age had struck fifty - eight , when he was peaceably settled in his native city ...
... writing the history of his own life , until his fortieth year- When all the fiercer passions cease , The glory and ... writer expresses it , the clock of his age had struck fifty - eight , when he was peaceably settled in his native city ...
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... write the memoirs . of his life , was to render a service to the profession , of which he was so great an ornament . The business of a goldsmith and jeweller was not then what it now is , a mere mechanical employment ; it required ...
... write the memoirs . of his life , was to render a service to the profession , of which he was so great an ornament . The business of a goldsmith and jeweller was not then what it now is , a mere mechanical employment ; it required ...
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... writing , with the compound brick - dust , stanzas in praise of the prison and on other subjects . His nails grew to an immoderate length and his teeth began to rot . After remaining in this situation four months , he was removed , and ...
... writing , with the compound brick - dust , stanzas in praise of the prison and on other subjects . His nails grew to an immoderate length and his teeth began to rot . After remaining in this situation four months , he was removed , and ...
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... writing or composition . It is sweet and pleasurable to those who propound and to those who reply ; to utterers and to hearers . This science , or the wisdom , or knowledge dependent on it , can only be possessed , received , and ...
... writing or composition . It is sweet and pleasurable to those who propound and to those who reply ; to utterers and to hearers . This science , or the wisdom , or knowledge dependent on it , can only be possessed , received , and ...
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... writer . Yet , with all this , his style is neither florid nor over - wrought . A less powerful writer might have been encumbered with so much ornament , and one , of inferior judgment , have grown wanton amidst such boundless wealth ...
... writer . Yet , with all this , his style is neither florid nor over - wrought . A less powerful writer might have been encumbered with so much ornament , and one , of inferior judgment , have grown wanton amidst such boundless wealth ...
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