The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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Page ix
... trusts he may be again successful in his efforts to obtain that extensive patronage which can alone reward the Publishers for an undertaking costly almost beyond precedent . b His project having been thus completed , he hopes that.
... trusts he may be again successful in his efforts to obtain that extensive patronage which can alone reward the Publishers for an undertaking costly almost beyond precedent . b His project having been thus completed , he hopes that.
Page x
... success of this Collection will be such as to justify the Editor in acting upon his earnest desire to undertake it . To his American readers he is desirous of offering a few words of thanks for the past and of anticipation for the ...
... success of this Collection will be such as to justify the Editor in acting upon his earnest desire to undertake it . To his American readers he is desirous of offering a few words of thanks for the past and of anticipation for the ...
Page 2
... successful in marring his hopes ; disappointment preying upon a naturally sensitive mind , prepared his constitution for the attacks of disease : he continued for some time in London pressing his claims , and arguing against the ...
... successful in marring his hopes ; disappointment preying upon a naturally sensitive mind , prepared his constitution for the attacks of disease : he continued for some time in London pressing his claims , and arguing against the ...
Page 14
... success ; As numbers in their hearts must own , Who , but for him , had been unknown . " He kept with princes due decorum ; Yet never stood in awe before ' em . He follow'd David's lesson just ; In princes never put his trust : And ...
... success ; As numbers in their hearts must own , Who , but for him , had been unknown . " He kept with princes due decorum ; Yet never stood in awe before ' em . He follow'd David's lesson just ; In princes never put his trust : And ...
Page 16
... successful representation of his Cato . The nation was then on fire with faction , and the Whigs applauded the liberty - preaching lines of the tragedy , as a satire on the Tories , while the Tories , to show that their " withers were ...
... successful representation of his Cato . The nation was then on fire with faction , and the Whigs applauded the liberty - preaching lines of the tragedy , as a satire on the Tories , while the Tories , to show that their " withers were ...
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