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... reason to complain of me . If I have written dull Effays , they have hitherto treated them as dull Effays . Thus far we are at least upon a par ; and until they think fit to make me their humble debtor by praise , I am refol- ved not to ...
... reason to complain of me . If I have written dull Effays , they have hitherto treated them as dull Effays . Thus far we are at least upon a par ; and until they think fit to make me their humble debtor by praise , I am refol- ved not to ...
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... reason why he should not be heard as well as any of the rest . One begged to be heard while he gave Death and the Lady in high tafte : another fung to a plate , which he kept trundling on the edges . Nothing was now heard but finging ...
... reason why he should not be heard as well as any of the rest . One begged to be heard while he gave Death and the Lady in high tafte : another fung to a plate , which he kept trundling on the edges . Nothing was now heard but finging ...
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... reason , that he who best knows how to keep his neceffities private , is the moft likely perfon to have them redreffed ; and that the true ufe of fpeech is not fo much to ex- prefs our wants , as to conceal them . When we reflect on the ...
... reason , that he who best knows how to keep his neceffities private , is the moft likely perfon to have them redreffed ; and that the true ufe of fpeech is not fo much to ex- prefs our wants , as to conceal them . When we reflect on the ...
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... his creditors , who at the pains of telling it to the world ? Ge a virtue of a very different complexion . I above duty ; and from its elevation , attra In this manner do men generally reason upon juf- tice 42 ESSAY S.
... his creditors , who at the pains of telling it to the world ? Ge a virtue of a very different complexion . I above duty ; and from its elevation , attra In this manner do men generally reason upon juf- tice 42 ESSAY S.
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... reason . Lyfippus is told that his banker asks a debt of forty pounds , and that a distressed ac- quaintance petitions for the fame fum . He gives it without hefitating to the latter ; for he demands as a favour , what the former ...
... reason . Lyfippus is told that his banker asks a debt of forty pounds , and that a distressed ac- quaintance petitions for the fame fum . He gives it without hefitating to the latter ; for he demands as a favour , what the former ...
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Page 170 - Frenchmen : we had no arms ; but one Englishman is able to beat five French at any time : so we went down to the door, where both the sentries were posted, and rushing upon them, seized their arms in a moment, and knocked them down. From thence, nine of us ran together to the quay...
Page xi - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.