The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... King , ) if you had not written so well . " - Johnson observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer compliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir ...
... King , ) if you had not written so well . " - Johnson observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer compliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir ...
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... king . Now nothing can be more untrue than that the crown of this kingdom is so held by his Majesty . There- fore if you follow their rule , the king of Great Britain , who most certainly does not owe his high office to any form of ...
... king . Now nothing can be more untrue than that the crown of this kingdom is so held by his Majesty . There- fore if you follow their rule , the king of Great Britain , who most certainly does not owe his high office to any form of ...
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... King James , the eldest born of the issue of that king , which they acknowledged as undoubtedly his . It would be to repeat a very trite story , to recall to your memory all those cir- cumstances which demonstrated that their accept- ing ...
... King James , the eldest born of the issue of that king , which they acknowledged as undoubtedly his . It would be to repeat a very trite story , to recall to your memory all those cir- cumstances which demonstrated that their accept- ing ...
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