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... give a man a becoming assurance in his words and actions . Guilt always secks to shelter itself in one of the extremes , and is sometimes attended with both . SPECTATOR . CHAP . II . - ON CHEERFULNESS . The I HAVE always preferred ...
... give a man a becoming assurance in his words and actions . Guilt always secks to shelter itself in one of the extremes , and is sometimes attended with both . SPECTATOR . CHAP . II . - ON CHEERFULNESS . The I HAVE always preferred ...
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... give them a bad impression of , and to raise discontents against those , that have the management of the public affairs for the time ; and these discontents often break out into seditions and insurrections . This , Sir , would in my ...
... give them a bad impression of , and to raise discontents against those , that have the management of the public affairs for the time ; and these discontents often break out into seditions and insurrections . This , Sir , would in my ...
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... give each other a bond to be held fast to the bargain . SIR JOHN . To be sure , a bond by all means ! a bond , or whatever you please . STERL . I should have thought of more conditions ; he is in a humour to give me every thing . Why ...
... give each other a bond to be held fast to the bargain . SIR JOHN . To be sure , a bond by all means ! a bond , or whatever you please . STERL . I should have thought of more conditions ; he is in a humour to give me every thing . Why ...
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Virtue our higheſt Intereſt | 2 |
Elegy written in a Coun | 10 |
NARRATIVE PIECES | 14 |
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