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Let me particularly lament the Reverend THOMAS WARTON , and the Reverend Dr. ADAMS . Mr. WARTON , amidst his variety of genius and learning , was an excellent biographer . His contributions to my Collection are highly estimable ; and as ...
Let me particularly lament the Reverend THOMAS WARTON , and the Reverend Dr. ADAMS . Mr. WARTON , amidst his variety of genius and learning , was an excellent biographer . His contributions to my Collection are highly estimable ; and as ...
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... enlarge upon the excellent charitable cast , by which the most plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of unfavourable construction is put upon | Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary almost every circumstance in the charac- to explain ...
... enlarge upon the excellent charitable cast , by which the most plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of unfavourable construction is put upon | Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary almost every circumstance in the charac- to explain ...
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The late Dr. an end on't ; whereas , by exciting emufat Taylor , Prebendary of Westminster , who lation and comparisons of superiority , was educated under him , told me , that you lay the foundation of lasting " he was an excellent ...
The late Dr. an end on't ; whereas , by exciting emufat Taylor , Prebendary of Westminster , who lation and comparisons of superiority , was educated under him , told me , that you lay the foundation of lasting " he was an excellent ...
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... that he read Shakespeare with any other composition ; and we shall at a period so early , that the speech of see that his most excellent works were the Ghost in Hamlet terrified him when struck off at heat , with rapid exertion.3 he ...
... that he read Shakespeare with any other composition ; and we shall at a period so early , that the speech of see that his most excellent works were the Ghost in Hamlet terrified him when struck off at heat , with rapid exertion.3 he ...
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... is , so excellent , that Johnson used to come that in 1731 , Mr. Jorden quitted the and get them at second - hand from College , and his pupils were transferred Taylor , till his poverty being so extreme , to Dr. Adams ; so that had ...
... is , so excellent , that Johnson used to come that in 1731 , Mr. Jorden quitted the and get them at second - hand from College , and his pupils were transferred Taylor , till his poverty being so extreme , to Dr. Adams ; so that had ...
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