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Page 16
... saying to himself , that he was a very ill man to go on in vifiting and pro- feffing love to Flavia , when his heart was enthralled to another . It is an infirmity that I am not con- ftant to Flavia ; but it would be ftill a greater ...
... saying to himself , that he was a very ill man to go on in vifiting and pro- feffing love to Flavia , when his heart was enthralled to another . It is an infirmity that I am not con- ftant to Flavia ; but it would be ftill a greater ...
Page 88
... ( says he ) a thing , which , in my opinion , is very curious , whence it proceeds , that in the fame quantity of fuperficies , the one manner feems great and magnificent , and the other poor and trifling : the reafon is fine and uncommon ...
... ( says he ) a thing , which , in my opinion , is very curious , whence it proceeds , that in the fame quantity of fuperficies , the one manner feems great and magnificent , and the other poor and trifling : the reafon is fine and uncommon ...
Page 119
... say a thing which perplexes the heart of him you speak to , or brings blushes into his face , is a degree of murder ; and it is , I think , an unpardonable offence to fhew a man , you do not care whether he is pleafed or dif- pleased ...
... say a thing which perplexes the heart of him you speak to , or brings blushes into his face , is a degree of murder ; and it is , I think , an unpardonable offence to fhew a man , you do not care whether he is pleafed or dif- pleased ...
Page 145
... say for the profitable infor- mation of the public to take their turns in my pa- per : they are welcome , from the late noble inven- tor of the longitude , to the humble author of ftrops for razors . If to carry fhips in safety , to ...
... say for the profitable infor- mation of the public to take their turns in my pa- per : they are welcome , from the late noble inven- tor of the longitude , to the humble author of ftrops for razors . If to carry fhips in safety , to ...
Page 151
... say , and therefore has fallen into this un- happy malady of complaining that he is fick . That this cuftom of his makes him , by his own confeffion , fit only for the infirmary , and therefore he has not waited for being sentenced to ...
... say , and therefore has fallen into this un- happy malady of complaining that he is fick . That this cuftom of his makes him , by his own confeffion , fit only for the infirmary , and therefore he has not waited for being sentenced to ...
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