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... French Revolution , 2 vols . , London , 1857 ; Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches , 3 vols . , London , 1857 ; Miscel- lanies , London , 1872 . CARSTARES , Rev. William , State Papers , Edinburgh , 1774 . CARTE , Thomas , History of ...
... French Revolution , 2 vols . , London , 1857 ; Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches , 3 vols . , London , 1857 ; Miscel- lanies , London , 1872 . CARSTARES , Rev. William , State Papers , Edinburgh , 1774 . CARTE , Thomas , History of ...
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... French , and take in a literary journal once a month , which will accustom you to various subjects , and inform you what learning is going forward in the world . Do not omit to mingle some lighter books with those of more importance ...
... French , and take in a literary journal once a month , which will accustom you to various subjects , and inform you what learning is going forward in the world . Do not omit to mingle some lighter books with those of more importance ...
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... ; I shall also see Switzerland and Rous- seau . These two men are to me greater objects than most statues or pictures .'- Nichols's Literary History , vii . 318 . Superficiality Superficiality of the French Writers . ( Vol . i Notes . xlv.
... ; I shall also see Switzerland and Rous- seau . These two men are to me greater objects than most statues or pictures .'- Nichols's Literary History , vii . 318 . Superficiality Superficiality of the French Writers . ( Vol . i Notes . xlv.
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James Boswell. Superficiality of the French Writers . ( Vol . i . p . 526. ) Gibbon , writing of the year 1759 , says : - ' In France , to which my ideas [ in the Essay on the Study of Literature ] were confined , the learning and ...
James Boswell. Superficiality of the French Writers . ( Vol . i . p . 526. ) Gibbon , writing of the year 1759 , says : - ' In France , to which my ideas [ in the Essay on the Study of Literature ] were confined , the learning and ...
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... French preachers ? The first ( though less glorious ) is certainly safer for the preacher . It is difficult for a man to make himself ridiculous , who proposes only to deliver plain sense on a subject he has thoroughly studied . But the ...
... French preachers ? The first ( though less glorious ) is certainly safer for the preacher . It is difficult for a man to make himself ridiculous , who proposes only to deliver plain sense on a subject he has thoroughly studied . But the ...
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