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... printed volume came in his way — all were eagerly pounced upon and devoured ; and it was not long before his reputation in this respect enabled him to lay one or two circulating libraries under friendly contribution . Then , again , his ...
... printed volume came in his way — all were eagerly pounced upon and devoured ; and it was not long before his reputation in this respect enabled him to lay one or two circulating libraries under friendly contribution . Then , again , his ...
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... printed the 7th of January , 1764 , and entitled " The Churchwarden and the Apparition ; a Fable . " A Mr. Joseph Thomas , a brickmaker by trade , chancing in that year to hold the office of churchwarden for the parish of St. Mary ...
... printed the 7th of January , 1764 , and entitled " The Churchwarden and the Apparition ; a Fable . " A Mr. Joseph Thomas , a brickmaker by trade , chancing in that year to hold the office of churchwarden for the parish of St. Mary ...
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... printed venture hitherto had been in the columns of Felix Farley's Bristol Journal , set him- self to realize . His first attempt was upon Dodsley , the publisher of Pall Mall , the brother and successor in business of the more ...
... printed venture hitherto had been in the columns of Felix Farley's Bristol Journal , set him- self to realize . His first attempt was upon Dodsley , the publisher of Pall Mall , the brother and successor in business of the more ...
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... printing it , as I will endeavour to publish it by subscription on my own account . " To MR . JAMES DODSLEY , Bookseller , Pall Mall , London . " This clumsy attempt to extract a guinea from the publisher ( Chatterton had probably just ...
... printing it , as I will endeavour to publish it by subscription on my own account . " To MR . JAMES DODSLEY , Bookseller , Pall Mall , London . " This clumsy attempt to extract a guinea from the publisher ( Chatterton had probably just ...
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... printed . " " The Abbot John's verses that you have given me are wonderful for their harmony and spirit , though there are some words that I do not understand . You do not point out exactly the time when he lived 62 CHATTERTON .
... printed . " " The Abbot John's verses that you have given me are wonderful for their harmony and spirit , though there are some words that I do not understand . You do not point out exactly the time when he lived 62 CHATTERTON .
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