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... Lyttelton CONTENTS PR 3521 L71 1903 V. Il MISCELLANEOUS PIECES The plan of an English dictionary Preface to the English dictionary Advertisement to the fourth edition of the English dictionary Preface to the octavo edition of the ...
... Lyttelton CONTENTS PR 3521 L71 1903 V. Il MISCELLANEOUS PIECES The plan of an English dictionary Preface to the English dictionary Advertisement to the fourth edition of the English dictionary Preface to the octavo edition of the ...
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... Lyttelton , with a liberty , which , as it has a manifest tendency to lessen the confidence of soci- ety , and to confound the characters of authors , by making one man write by the judgment of another , cannot be justified by any ...
... Lyttelton , with a liberty , which , as it has a manifest tendency to lessen the confidence of soci- ety , and to confound the characters of authors , by making one man write by the judgment of another , cannot be justified by any ...
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... Lyttelton , professed himself the patron of wit : to him Thom- son was introduced , and being gaily interrogated about the state of his affairs , said , " that they were in a more poetical posture than formerly ; " and had a pension ...
... Lyttelton , professed himself the patron of wit : to him Thom- son was introduced , and being gaily interrogated about the state of his affairs , said , " that they were in a more poetical posture than formerly ; " and had a pension ...
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... Lyttelton , brought upon the stage for the benefit of his family , and recommended by a prologue , which Quin , who had long lived with Thomson in fond intimacy , spoke in such a manner as showed him " to be , " on that occasion , " no ...
... Lyttelton , brought upon the stage for the benefit of his family , and recommended by a prologue , which Quin , who had long lived with Thomson in fond intimacy , spoke in such a manner as showed him " to be , " on that occasion , " no ...
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... Lyttelton , in the prologue to his posthumous play , that his works contained No line which , dying , he could wish to blot . Thompson's own preface to the second edition of Winter may be found in vol . ii . p . 67 , of the above quoted ...
... Lyttelton , in the prologue to his posthumous play , that his works contained No line which , dying , he could wish to blot . Thompson's own preface to the second edition of Winter may be found in vol . ii . p . 67 , of the above quoted ...
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