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... , as the eafinefs of your favourite Waller hath made infipid poets . your AT prefent you are content to aim all charms at your own fpoufe , without farther thought thought of mischief to any others of the fex . iv DEDICATION .
... , as the eafinefs of your favourite Waller hath made infipid poets . your AT prefent you are content to aim all charms at your own fpoufe , without farther thought thought of mischief to any others of the fex . iv DEDICATION .
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thought of mischief to any others of the fex . I know you had formerly a very great con-- tempt for that pedantic race of mortals who call themselves philofophers ; and yet , to your honour be it fpoken , there is not a fage of them all ...
thought of mischief to any others of the fex . I know you had formerly a very great con-- tempt for that pedantic race of mortals who call themselves philofophers ; and yet , to your honour be it fpoken , there is not a fage of them all ...
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... thought of Socrates , that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a pub- lic ftock , in order to be equally diftributed among the whole fpecies , those who now think themfelves the moft unhappy , would prefer the fhare they ...
... thought of Socrates , that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a pub- lic ftock , in order to be equally diftributed among the whole fpecies , those who now think themfelves the moft unhappy , would prefer the fhare they ...
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... , and surveyed the feveral materials of which it was compofed , there was scarce a mortal in this vast multitude , who did not not difcover what he thought pleasures and bleffings of life 22 THE SPECTATOR . No. 559 .
... , and surveyed the feveral materials of which it was compofed , there was scarce a mortal in this vast multitude , who did not not difcover what he thought pleasures and bleffings of life 22 THE SPECTATOR . No. 559 .
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not difcover what he thought pleasures and bleffings of life , and wondered how the owners of them ever came to look upon them as burdens and grievances . As we were regarding very attentively this con- fufion of miferies , this chaos ...
not difcover what he thought pleasures and bleffings of life , and wondered how the owners of them ever came to look upon them as burdens and grievances . As we were regarding very attentively this con- fufion of miferies , this chaos ...
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