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... his great powers had given him , to thrust on the public a species of writing morally and intellectually unworthy of them . ... upon receiving his Clavigo : You must not write such stuff again - anybody could do as well as that .
... his great powers had given him , to thrust on the public a species of writing morally and intellectually unworthy of them . ... upon receiving his Clavigo : You must not write such stuff again - anybody could do as well as that .
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Careless writing -- false printing all the parts of punctuation helter - skelter , as if they had been dusted indiscriminately on the page - new ... She says herself , More German , more confused letters than mine , no one can write .
Careless writing -- false printing all the parts of punctuation helter - skelter , as if they had been dusted indiscriminately on the page - new ... She says herself , More German , more confused letters than mine , no one can write .
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Brindley was wholly without education , and it has even been asserted that he was unable to read and write , the utmost extent of his capacity in the latter accomplishment extending no further than that of signing his name .
Brindley was wholly without education , and it has even been asserted that he was unable to read and write , the utmost extent of his capacity in the latter accomplishment extending no further than that of signing his name .
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A Description of the Canals and Railroads of | 5 |
IntimeMouvement LittérairePortraits 17891836 | 375 |
426 note omit Madame de St Aignan who was certainly saved | 426 |
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 73 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1843 |
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