Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Band 2D. Appleton, 1857 |
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... Parliament , at whose speeches and whose pig - styes the wits of Brookes's were fifty years ago in the habit of laughing most unmerci- fully , stated , on the authority of Garrick , that Johnson , while sitting in a coffee - house at ...
... Parliament , at whose speeches and whose pig - styes the wits of Brookes's were fifty years ago in the habit of laughing most unmerci- fully , stated , on the authority of Garrick , that Johnson , while sitting in a coffee - house at ...
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... Parliament . Arthur Mainwaring was a commissioner of the customs and auditor of the imprest . Tickell was secretary to the Lords Justices of Ireland . Addison was secretary of state . This liberal patronage was brought into fashion , as ...
... Parliament . Arthur Mainwaring was a commissioner of the customs and auditor of the imprest . Tickell was secretary to the Lords Justices of Ireland . Addison was secretary of state . This liberal patronage was brought into fashion , as ...
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... parliamentary support , much of that patronage which had been employed in foster- ing literary merit ; and Walpole was by ... Parliament . During the whole course of his administration , therefore , he scarcely patronized a single man of ...
... parliamentary support , much of that patronage which had been employed in foster- ing literary merit ; and Walpole was by ... Parliament . During the whole course of his administration , therefore , he scarcely patronized a single man of ...
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... Parliament , and would have been intrusted with embassies to the High Allies ; who , if he had lived in our time , would have received from the booksellers several hun- dred pounds a year . As every climate has its peculiar diseases ...
... Parliament , and would have been intrusted with embassies to the High Allies ; who , if he had lived in our time , would have received from the booksellers several hun- dred pounds a year . As every climate has its peculiar diseases ...
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... Parliament and the American Con- gress . In one of the conversations reported by Boswell , this strange inconsistency displays itself in the most ludi- crous manner . " Sir Adam Ferguson , " says Boswell , " suggested that luxury ...
... Parliament and the American Con- gress . In one of the conversations reported by Boswell , this strange inconsistency displays itself in the most ludi- crous manner . " Sir Adam Ferguson , " says Boswell , " suggested that luxury ...
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