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Page xv
... once a week . It differs from its predecessors in its style , though its tendency no doubt was the same : it does not attempt to philosophize the world into morality , nor attain its end by critical disquisitions , - Irony is the weapon ...
... once a week . It differs from its predecessors in its style , though its tendency no doubt was the same : it does not attempt to philosophize the world into morality , nor attain its end by critical disquisitions , - Irony is the weapon ...
Page xvii
... once , forty years ago , at the Duke of Newcas- tle's levee , the only minister's levee at which he was ever present , except his own father's . " He always adhered to the Whig principles in which he was educated , and his parliamentary ...
... once , forty years ago , at the Duke of Newcas- tle's levee , the only minister's levee at which he was ever present , except his own father's . " He always adhered to the Whig principles in which he was educated , and his parliamentary ...
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... once , from my doctorial dignity , to address myself to my readers as the author of a weekly paper of amuse- ment , called THE WORLD . ་ My design in this paper is , to ridicule , with novelty and good - humour , the fashions , follies ...
... once , from my doctorial dignity , to address myself to my readers as the author of a weekly paper of amuse- ment , called THE WORLD . ་ My design in this paper is , to ridicule , with novelty and good - humour , the fashions , follies ...
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... once for all , sir , that this is the last sum you must expect from me . I have proportioned my expenses to my estate , and will not be made uneasy by the extravagance of any man living . I have two thousand a year , and I spend two ...
... once for all , sir , that this is the last sum you must expect from me . I have proportioned my expenses to my estate , and will not be made uneasy by the extravagance of any man living . I have two thousand a year , and I spend two ...
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... once riveted to his , which so increased his confusion , that Mrs. Wilson , in pity to what he felt , and to relieve her companion , spoke to him as follows : I do not wonder , sir , that you are surprised at seeing a perfect stranger ...
... once riveted to his , which so increased his confusion , that Mrs. Wilson , in pity to what he felt , and to relieve her companion , spoke to him as follows : I do not wonder , sir , that you are surprised at seeing a perfect stranger ...
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