New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 121Henry Colburn, 1882 |
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Page 51
... writer of the day , often , rather than damage a performance by a bad address of their own , enlisted some " person of honour , " or " quality , " or " an unknown hand , " or " a friend of the author , " to write a good one for them ...
... writer of the day , often , rather than damage a performance by a bad address of their own , enlisted some " person of honour , " or " quality , " or " an unknown hand , " or " a friend of the author , " to write a good one for them ...
Page 286
... writing the burlesque of The Rehearsal , where Poet Bayes , in the first Act , after informing his interlocuters that he does not write to please the country ' or after ' the old plain way , ' but solely to gratify " some persons of ...
... writing the burlesque of The Rehearsal , where Poet Bayes , in the first Act , after informing his interlocuters that he does not write to please the country ' or after ' the old plain way , ' but solely to gratify " some persons of ...
Page 549
... writer flourishing a little later declares of two of his creations . " Here they come like a pair of Sheffield knives ... write . " Ancient , however , and reputable as the trade may be , yet up to that time it made but feeble and ...
... writer flourishing a little later declares of two of his creations . " Here they come like a pair of Sheffield knives ... write . " Ancient , however , and reputable as the trade may be , yet up to that time it made but feeble and ...
Contents
CALLANDER CRAGS By Rosa Mackenzie Kettle | 53 |
GREAT COMPANIES AND TRADING | 71 |
FARMER AND PARSON | 128 |
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