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... written . The differ- ence between fact and fiction is indeed less appreciable than is universally admitted ; but those who court a hearing are wise in selecting an appeal , not from the un- arbitrary order , but from the " scrupulous ...
... written . The differ- ence between fact and fiction is indeed less appreciable than is universally admitted ; but those who court a hearing are wise in selecting an appeal , not from the un- arbitrary order , but from the " scrupulous ...
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... written by him or not , they were all his work ; and that he is to be held responsible for the statements made in them . The life in Curll's Poetical Register ( 1719 ) is blithely assumed to be an autobiography . On what grounds ? No ...
... written by him or not , they were all his work ; and that he is to be held responsible for the statements made in them . The life in Curll's Poetical Register ( 1719 ) is blithely assumed to be an autobiography . On what grounds ? No ...
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... written and published after Savage's death . He has no difficulty , of course , in assuming that Johnson put down what Savage had told him in addition to what could be gleaned from the four con- temporary accounts . Well , Johnson pro ...
... written and published after Savage's death . He has no difficulty , of course , in assuming that Johnson put down what Savage had told him in addition to what could be gleaned from the four con- temporary accounts . Well , Johnson pro ...
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... written by himself , which is at present in the possession of a family in Galloway . " Presumably this is the account published by John Calderwood in Dying Testimonies . ' The Rev. R. Simpson adds : - " Many such accounts , composed by ...
... written by himself , which is at present in the possession of a family in Galloway . " Presumably this is the account published by John Calderwood in Dying Testimonies . ' The Rev. R. Simpson adds : - " Many such accounts , composed by ...
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... written by John Sanderson of Philadelphia , of whom a brief notice will be found in Appletons Cyclopædia of American Biography . ' He is chiefly known as the joint - editor with Robert Waln of ' Biography to the Signers of the Declara ...
... written by John Sanderson of Philadelphia , of whom a brief notice will be found in Appletons Cyclopædia of American Biography . ' He is chiefly known as the joint - editor with Robert Waln of ' Biography to the Signers of the Declara ...
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Sida 257 - not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said :
Sida 169 - Mahomet's miracle. Mahomet made the people believe that he would call an hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled ; Mahomet called the hill to come to him, again and again ; and when the hill stood still, he was never
Sida 401 - Infinite seems the present rage— To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence about This pendant world. But unless these adventurers can acquire the power of steering their buoyant bark the experiment is as idle
Sida 166 - it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. There 's no more to
Sida 224 - because it is necessary to look at the three next pictures at one view ; these are three sisters. She on the right hand who is so very beautiful, died a maid : the next to her, still handsomer, had the same fate, against her will ; this homely thing in the middle had both their portions added to her
Sida 246 - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. It
Sida 202 - [Thoresby] was afterwards detained at Stamford four days on account of the state of the roads, and then ventured to proceed only because fourteen members of the House of Commons, who were going up in a body to Parliament with guides and numerous attendants, took him into their
Sida 247 - moss. Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank Important in the plan of Him who fram'd This scale of beings ; holds a rank which, lost, Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which Nature's self would rue.
Sida 441 - at the same time at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses
Sida 344 - That codding spirit had they from their mother. As sure a card as ever won the set ; That bloody mind, I think, they learned of me, As true a dog as ever fought at head.