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... say will relate altogether to the present edition of my work - to those inaccuracies in it which I have corrected , those deficiencies which I have supplied , or those opinions which have been pronounced on it since its property was ...
... say will relate altogether to the present edition of my work - to those inaccuracies in it which I have corrected , those deficiencies which I have supplied , or those opinions which have been pronounced on it since its property was ...
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... say be a crime in me , I cannot hesitate to avow it , and I must consent to visit that allotment of future time , which may belong to me , with the brand of guilt flagrant on my forehead . My preface is already too long : but I must be ...
... say be a crime in me , I cannot hesitate to avow it , and I must consent to visit that allotment of future time , which may belong to me , with the brand of guilt flagrant on my forehead . My preface is already too long : but I must be ...
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... , of which I am unconscious : but I must say that , if I have not been so fortunate as to obtain the favour of Mr. Hayley , I have experienced some degree 22 PREFACE . retain my own positive rank, intellectual and ...
... , of which I am unconscious : but I must say that , if I have not been so fortunate as to obtain the favour of Mr. Hayley , I have experienced some degree 22 PREFACE . retain my own positive rank, intellectual and ...
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... say only what his friends know to be true and what his enemies have not the confi- dence to deny . I speak of him on this oc- casion only to gratify myself , and he must pardon my justifiable vanity - for " Nec Phobo gratior ulla Quam ...
... say only what his friends know to be true and what his enemies have not the confi- dence to deny . I speak of him on this oc- casion only to gratify myself , and he must pardon my justifiable vanity - for " Nec Phobo gratior ulla Quam ...
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... says , ) when I was yet a little boy , to the study of elegant literature , and , so eagerly did I seize on it that , from my twelfth year , I seldom quitted my studies for my bed till the middle of the night . This proved the first ...
... says , ) when I was yet a little boy , to the study of elegant literature , and , so eagerly did I seize on it that , from my twelfth year , I seldom quitted my studies for my bed till the middle of the night . This proved the first ...
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