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Page 12
... reason mentioned before . Humorists , for they were of all descriptions ; and , not having been brought to- gether in early life ( which has a tendency to assimi- late the members of corporate bodies to each other ) , but , for the most ...
... reason mentioned before . Humorists , for they were of all descriptions ; and , not having been brought to- gether in early life ( which has a tendency to assimi- late the members of corporate bodies to each other ) , but , for the most ...
Page 59
... reason shou'd Be superexcellently good : For the worst ills ( we daily see ) Have no more perpetuity Than the best fortunes that do fall ; Which also bring us wherewithal Longer their being to support , Than those do of the other sort ...
... reason shou'd Be superexcellently good : For the worst ills ( we daily see ) Have no more perpetuity Than the best fortunes that do fall ; Which also bring us wherewithal Longer their being to support , Than those do of the other sort ...
Page 62
... reason- able being can set up ; · that any one should claim four by virtue of holding cards of the same mark and color , without reference to the playing of the game , or ― — the individual worth or pretensions of the cards them- selves ...
... reason- able being can set up ; · that any one should claim four by virtue of holding cards of the same mark and color , without reference to the playing of the game , or ― — the individual worth or pretensions of the cards them- selves ...
Page 63
... reason for the deciding of the trump by the turn of the card . Why not one . suit always trumps ? - Why two colors , when the mark of the suits would have sufficiently distinguished them without it ? ― ― ― " But the eye , my dear Madam ...
... reason for the deciding of the trump by the turn of the card . Why not one . suit always trumps ? - Why two colors , when the mark of the suits would have sufficiently distinguished them without it ? ― ― ― " But the eye , my dear Madam ...
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... reason why For any former wrong or injury , Can neither find a blemish in his fame , Nor aught in face or feature justly blame , Can challenge or accuse him of no evil , Yet notwithstanding , hates him as a devil . The lines are from ...
... reason why For any former wrong or injury , Can neither find a blemish in his fame , Nor aught in face or feature justly blame , Can challenge or accuse him of no evil , Yet notwithstanding , hates him as a devil . The lines are from ...
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