Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 1J. Murray, 1828 |
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... writings ; and on each side of the grand entrance is an inscription in his honour + . " It would appear from the letter just quoted , that Pliny , like his uncle , coveted nothing so much as the opportunity of literary retirement ; and ...
... writings ; and on each side of the grand entrance is an inscription in his honour + . " It would appear from the letter just quoted , that Pliny , like his uncle , coveted nothing so much as the opportunity of literary retirement ; and ...
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... writings , better entitled to what he wished for . We have already seen pictured in his own emphatic lan- guage the almost impassioned enthusiasm of the man in favour of study and literary composition ; and in a letter to his friend ...
... writings , better entitled to what he wished for . We have already seen pictured in his own emphatic lan- guage the almost impassioned enthusiasm of the man in favour of study and literary composition ; and in a letter to his friend ...
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... writing of history : it is a work that has been frequently pressed upon me by several others of my friends , and in which I have some thoughts of engaging . Not because I have any confidence of succeeding in this way ( it would be ...
... writing of history : it is a work that has been frequently pressed upon me by several others of my friends , and in which I have some thoughts of engaging . Not because I have any confidence of succeeding in this way ( it would be ...
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... writings have reached our own times , none are so interesting as those whose superscription bears the name of Tacitus . The intercourse which subsisted between this cele- brated historian and our amiable author appears to have been of ...
... writings have reached our own times , none are so interesting as those whose superscription bears the name of Tacitus . The intercourse which subsisted between this cele- brated historian and our amiable author appears to have been of ...
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... writing . In this manner I compose more or less , as the subject is more or less difficult , and I find my memory able to retain it . I then call my secretary , and , opening the shutters , dictate to him what I have composed ; after ...
... writing . In this manner I compose more or less , as the subject is more or less difficult , and I find my memory able to retain it . I then call my secretary , and , opening the shutters , dictate to him what I have composed ; after ...
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Mornings in Spring; Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical ..., Volume 1 Nathan Drake No preview available - 2012 |
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