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... employed eight years of his life in the study of Demosthenes , and finished a translation of that celebrated orator , with all the decorations of style and language within the reach of his ca- pacity ; but he had met with nothing equal ...
... employed eight years of his life in the study of Demosthenes , and finished a translation of that celebrated orator , with all the decorations of style and language within the reach of his ca- pacity ; but he had met with nothing equal ...
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... employed in Gray's - Inn , may be and vociferous . The coalition was too unnatu- said to have carried a porter's knot . He paused ral . Johnson expected a Mecenas , and was occasionally to peruse the book that came to his disappointed ...
... employed in Gray's - Inn , may be and vociferous . The coalition was too unnatu- said to have carried a porter's knot . He paused ral . Johnson expected a Mecenas , and was occasionally to peruse the book that came to his disappointed ...
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... employed both Johnson and Voltaire : but Candide is the work of a lively imagination ; and Rasselas , with all its splendour of eloquence , ex- hibits a gloomy picture . It should , however , be remembered , that the world has known the ...
... employed both Johnson and Voltaire : but Candide is the work of a lively imagination ; and Rasselas , with all its splendour of eloquence , ex- hibits a gloomy picture . It should , however , be remembered , that the world has known the ...
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... employed a large portion of his time in the cultivation of his society , and of that of antiquaries ; and was cre ated doctor of laws by the universities of Oxford and Dublin . Sir Joshua's academical discour- ses display the soundest ...
... employed a large portion of his time in the cultivation of his society , and of that of antiquaries ; and was cre ated doctor of laws by the universities of Oxford and Dublin . Sir Joshua's academical discour- ses display the soundest ...
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... employed some , adventitious circumstances to produce effect . Prospero , in No. 200 , was intended for the celebrated actor Garrick . By Gelidus in No. 24 , the author is said to have meant Mr. Coul- son , a mathematician , who ...
... employed some , adventitious circumstances to produce effect . Prospero , in No. 200 , was intended for the celebrated actor Garrick . By Gelidus in No. 24 , the author is said to have meant Mr. Coul- son , a mathematician , who ...
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