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Page 17
... should at first be loth to own it was , but upon importunity confefs it . There need- ed not much fearch into that part of the town to find a well - drefled huffy fit for the purpofe Cynthia defign- ed her . As foon as he believed Robin ...
... should at first be loth to own it was , but upon importunity confefs it . There need- ed not much fearch into that part of the town to find a well - drefled huffy fit for the purpofe Cynthia defign- ed her . As foon as he believed Robin ...
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... should confider , on the other hand , how far we may deferve the praises and approba tions which the world beftow upon us : whether the actions they celebrate proceed from laudable and worthy motives ; and how far we are really ...
... should confider , on the other hand , how far we may deferve the praises and approba tions which the world beftow upon us : whether the actions they celebrate proceed from laudable and worthy motives ; and how far we are really ...
Page 23
... should not lay too great a ftrefs on any fuppofed virtues we poffefs that are of a doubtful nature : and fuch we may esteem all thofe in which multitudes of men diffent from us , who are as good and wife as ourselves . We fhould always ...
... should not lay too great a ftrefs on any fuppofed virtues we poffefs that are of a doubtful nature : and fuch we may esteem all thofe in which multitudes of men diffent from us , who are as good and wife as ourselves . We fhould always ...
Page 28
... should do any thing but rail at him . Many and fatal have been difafters between friends who have fallen out ; and these refentments are more keen than ever thofe of other men can poffibly be : but in this it happens unfortunately ...
... should do any thing but rail at him . Many and fatal have been difafters between friends who have fallen out ; and these refentments are more keen than ever thofe of other men can poffibly be : but in this it happens unfortunately ...
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... should un- dertake to raise a jonquil or tulip without the help of their respective feeds . As there is no good or bad quality that does not affect both fexes , fo it is not to be imagined but the fair fex muft have fuffered by an ...
... should un- dertake to raise a jonquil or tulip without the help of their respective feeds . As there is no good or bad quality that does not affect both fexes , fo it is not to be imagined but the fair fex muft have fuffered by an ...
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