Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and CorrectionsLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858 |
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... period when it was a moot point in the minor morals , whether a gentleman could receive pecuniary remuneration for an article . Swift quarrelled with Harley for offering to pay him in hard cash for his literary aid in the " Examiner ...
... period when it was a moot point in the minor morals , whether a gentleman could receive pecuniary remuneration for an article . Swift quarrelled with Harley for offering to pay him in hard cash for his literary aid in the " Examiner ...
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... period : Walter Scott , Playfair , Chalmers , and Jeffrey of the later ; whilst Mackenzie and Dugald Stewart may be described as connecting links between the two . Or ( to apply the beautiful imagery of Burke ) before one splendid orb ...
... period : Walter Scott , Playfair , Chalmers , and Jeffrey of the later ; whilst Mackenzie and Dugald Stewart may be described as connecting links between the two . Or ( to apply the beautiful imagery of Burke ) before one splendid orb ...
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... period , might have been indiscreet and egotistical . We therefore make no apology for the foregoing details , nor for quoting the following account of the phenomena which accompanied the birth of this Review : - " It is im- possible ...
... period , might have been indiscreet and egotistical . We therefore make no apology for the foregoing details , nor for quoting the following account of the phenomena which accompanied the birth of this Review : - " It is im- possible ...
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... period for those who had the misfortune to entertain liberal opinions , and who were too honest to sell them for the ermine of the judge or the lawn of the prelate ; a long and hopeless career in your profession , the chuckling grin of ...
... period for those who had the misfortune to entertain liberal opinions , and who were too honest to sell them for the ermine of the judge or the lawn of the prelate ; a long and hopeless career in your profession , the chuckling grin of ...
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... period or in a balanced state of parties , might make or mar a Minister . But the Whig or Liberal debt was left unpaid till 1831 , when , by way of tardy instalment , he was appointed to a prebendal stall at St. Paul's by Lord Grey ...
... period or in a balanced state of parties , might make or mar a Minister . But the Whig or Liberal debt was left unpaid till 1831 , when , by way of tardy instalment , he was appointed to a prebendal stall at St. Paul's by Lord Grey ...
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