 | Edmund Burke - History - 1794 - 610 pages
...kindly accepted the office of correcting the prcfs for me ; who are pleafed to think, that what I have here to relate is better to be given in my own words, than in the words of another perfon ; efpecially as it is a work defigned for information, and not mereJy for amufement , in which,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1779 - 734 pages
...kindly accepted the office of correcting the prefs for me ; who are pleafed to think, that what I have here to relate is better to be given in my own words, than in the words of another perfon ; efpecially as it is a work defigned for information, and not merely for amufement ; in which,... | |
 | History - 1794 - 614 pages
...kindly accepted the office of correfting the prefs for me ; who are pleafed to think, that what I have here to relate is better to be given in my own words, than in the words of another perfon ; efpccially as it is a work deiigned for information, and not merely for amufement ; in which,... | |
 | History - 1805 - 608 pages
...kindly accepted the office of correcting the press for me ; who are pleased to think, that what I have here to relate is better to be given in my own words,...candour and fidelity will counterbalance the want of ornament. " I shall therefore conclude this introductory discourse with desiring the reader 10 excuse... | |
 | General history - 1815 - 802 pages
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 | James Cook - Oceania - 1821 - 386 pages
...kindly accepted the office of correcting the press for me ; who are pleased to think, that what I have here to relate is better to be given in my own words,...for amusement; in which it is their opinion, that can* dour and fidelity will counterbalance the want of ornament. I shall, therefore, conclude this... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1824 - 530 pages
...kindly accepted the office of correcting the press for me ; who are pleased to think that what I have here to relate is better to be given in my own words,...desiring the reader to excuse the inaccuracies of style, which doubtless he will frequently meet with in the following narrative ; and that, when such... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1842 - 636 pages
...kindly accepted the office of correcting the press for me ; who are pleased to think, that what I have here to relate is better to be given in my own words,...candour and fidelity will counterbalance the want of ornament. I shall, therefore, conclude this introductory discourse with desiring the reader to excuse... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1842 - 636 pages
...kindly accepted the office of correcting the press for me ; who are pleased to think, that what I have here to relate is better to be given in my own words,...for information and not merely for amusement ; in wimich it is their opinion, that candour and fidelity will counterbalance the want of ornamenL I shall,... | |
 | Walter Besant - Explorers - 1890 - 212 pages
...kindly accepted the office of correcting the press for me ; who are pleased to think that what I have here to relate is better to be given in my own words...candour and fidelity will counterbalance the want of ornament. I shall therefore conclude this introductory discourse with desiring the reader to excuse... | |
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