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Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1

Note 113 — ANECDOTES OF CENSURED AUTHORS.

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The doctor was paid 6000l. to prepare the narrative of the Voyages of Captain Cook from the rough notes. He indulged in much pruriency of description, and occasional remarks savouring of infidelity. They were loudly and generally condemned, and he died soon afterwards.

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