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... person very well quali . fied for a Dedication . I MAY poffbly disappoint my readers , and yourself too , if I do not endeavour on this occafion to make the world acquainted with your virtues . And here , Sir , I fhall not com- pliment ...
... person very well quali . fied for a Dedication . I MAY poffbly disappoint my readers , and yourself too , if I do not endeavour on this occafion to make the world acquainted with your virtues . And here , Sir , I fhall not com- pliment ...
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... person whom he had produced but the Prætor told him , that where the law required two witneffes he would not accept of one , though it were Cato himself . Such a speech from a person who fat at the head of a court of jus- tice , while ...
... person whom he had produced but the Prætor told him , that where the law required two witneffes he would not accept of one , though it were Cato himself . Such a speech from a person who fat at the head of a court of jus- tice , while ...
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... person . But , as there arose many new incidents in the fe- quel of my vifion , I fhall referve them for the sub- ject of my next paper . No. 559. FRIDAY , JUNE 25 . Quid caufa eft , meritò quin illis Jupiter ambas Iratus buccas inflet ...
... person . But , as there arose many new incidents in the fe- quel of my vifion , I fhall referve them for the sub- ject of my next paper . No. 559. FRIDAY , JUNE 25 . Quid caufa eft , meritò quin illis Jupiter ambas Iratus buccas inflet ...
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... person who has difpofed of fix hufbands , and is now determined to take a feventh ; being of opinion , that there is as much virtue in the touch of a feventh husband as of a feventh fon . Her comrades are as follow : II . Mrs. Snap ...
... person who has difpofed of fix hufbands , and is now determined to take a feventh ; being of opinion , that there is as much virtue in the touch of a feventh husband as of a feventh fon . Her comrades are as follow : II . Mrs. Snap ...
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... person . • I Some very great writers have been guilty of this fault . It is obferved of Tully in particular , that his works run very much in the firft perfon , and that he takes all occafions of doing himself juftice . Does he think ...
... person . • I Some very great writers have been guilty of this fault . It is obferved of Tully in particular , that his works run very much in the firft perfon , and that he takes all occafions of doing himself juftice . Does he think ...
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