The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1808 - English literature |
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Supposing commerce for a moment to be a mere exchange of commodities , it is at least an exchange of what we do not want for what we do ; or an exchange of that which we want less for that which we want more .
Supposing commerce for a moment to be a mere exchange of commodities , it is at least an exchange of what we do not want for what we do ; or an exchange of that which we want less for that which we want more .
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Giraldus was certainly an ornament to the dark age in which he lived ; had his ambition been less , his life would have been more tranquil , but less glorious , and in some respects less useful .
Giraldus was certainly an ornament to the dark age in which he lived ; had his ambition been less , his life would have been more tranquil , but less glorious , and in some respects less useful .
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The following is the sketch which M. Gaillard has given us : A body muscular and strong ; embonpoint more or less pletho ric ; complexion ruddy and open ; a character frank , sprightly , laborious at intervals -- for the inflammatory ...
The following is the sketch which M. Gaillard has given us : A body muscular and strong ; embonpoint more or less pletho ric ; complexion ruddy and open ; a character frank , sprightly , laborious at intervals -- for the inflammatory ...
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| Title | The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature English literary periodicals |
| Contributor | Tobias Smollett |
| Publisher | W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1808 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jul 24, 2007 |
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