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... fortune to my Lord Dorfet ) makes this public ac- knowledgement , that he fcarce knew what life was fooner than he found himfelf obliged to his favour , or had reafon to feel any forrow fo fenfible as that of his death . Mr. Prior then ...
... fortune to my Lord Dorfet ) makes this public ac- knowledgement , that he fcarce knew what life was fooner than he found himfelf obliged to his favour , or had reafon to feel any forrow fo fenfible as that of his death . Mr. Prior then ...
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... fortunes . lying by . fortunes . However , Santena , by Santena taking one of the lighted his extraordinary behaviour , had matches , got upon one of the pow- the good fortune to obtain for his der barrels , and defired the lieutenant ...
... fortunes . lying by . fortunes . However , Santena , by Santena taking one of the lighted his extraordinary behaviour , had matches , got upon one of the pow- the good fortune to obtain for his der barrels , and defired the lieutenant ...
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... fortune . He therefore formed a refolution to attach him- felf for the future to the pursuits of intereft , and make the accumulation of wealth his chiefeft care . Avarice was by no means predominant in the difpofition of Abdalzar ; but ...
... fortune . He therefore formed a refolution to attach him- felf for the future to the pursuits of intereft , and make the accumulation of wealth his chiefeft care . Avarice was by no means predominant in the difpofition of Abdalzar ; but ...
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... fortunes which fhould have been a warning to him to return to the paths of virtue , was a motive which excited him to ... fortune died with him . Our Free - Thinker , thus finding him- felf deftitute , for fome time lived in a state of ...
... fortunes which fhould have been a warning to him to return to the paths of virtue , was a motive which excited him to ... fortune died with him . Our Free - Thinker , thus finding him- felf deftitute , for fome time lived in a state of ...
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... fortune favoured him for some time ; but this tranfient glimmering of fuccefs ferved only to plunge him in deeper defpair , by reducing him again to the extremity of diftrefs . He therefore quickly refumed his former purpofe , and was ...
... fortune favoured him for some time ; but this tranfient glimmering of fuccefs ferved only to plunge him in deeper defpair , by reducing him again to the extremity of diftrefs . He therefore quickly refumed his former purpofe , and was ...
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Page 270 - But what of that, his friends may say, He had those honours in his day. True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he dy'd.
Page 136 - ... elevated above the common rank of mankind. It is faid of him, that there never was a fcholar more humble, a wit more devout, or a man more amiable in fociety.
Page 336 - While we see multitudes passing before us, of whom perhaps not one appears to deserve our notice or excite our sympathy, we should remember, that we likewise are lost in the same throng, that the eye which happens to glance upon us is turned in a moment on him that follows us, and that the utmost which we can reasonably hope or fear, is to fill a vacant hour with prattle and be forgotten.
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