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Eliza Haywood" on the title-page never reached a second edition. Both her translations from the French, "L'Entretien des Beaux Esprits" and "The Virtuous Villager" , were acknowledged at the end of the dedications, and both were unsuccessful, although the anonymous predecessor of the former, "La Belle Assemblee" , ran through eight editions. The single occurrence of Mrs.
Quoique mon unique objet dans cet article n'ait ete que de traiter de la cause physique de l'entretien de la vie des etres organiques, malgre cela j'ai ose avancer en debutant, que l'existence de ces etres etonnants n'appartiennent nullement a la nature; que tout ce qu'on peut entendre par le mot nature, ne pouvoit donner la vie, c'est-a-dire, que toutes les qualites de la matiere, jointes a toutes les circonstances possibles, et meme a l'activite repandue dans l'univers, ne pouvaient point produire un etre muni du mouvement organique, capable de reproduire son semblable, et sujet a la mort.
Duncan Campbel" was merely that of a hack writer, her contributions to the "Opera of Operas" were of the most trifling nature, and the two volumes of "L'Entretien des Beaux Esprits" were not original.
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