The IdlerJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... against a poft in the place of an enemy . Another has his pockets filled with effays and epi- grams , which he reads , from houfe to houfe , to fe- lect parties ; and which his acquaintances are daily entreating him to withhold no ...
... against a poft in the place of an enemy . Another has his pockets filled with effays and epi- grams , which he reads , from houfe to houfe , to fe- lect parties ; and which his acquaintances are daily entreating him to withhold no ...
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... against their own advantage , they are not to expect that the Idler will take much pains upon them ; he has himself to please as well as them , and has long learned , or endeavoured to learn , not to make the pleasure of others too ...
... against their own advantage , they are not to expect that the Idler will take much pains upon them ; he has himself to please as well as them , and has long learned , or endeavoured to learn , not to make the pleasure of others too ...
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... against them all . For it will not be easily believed , that any man can , for good reasons , wish to exclude another from doing good . The spirit of charity can only be continued by a reconciliation of thefe ridiculous feuds ; and ...
... against them all . For it will not be easily believed , that any man can , for good reasons , wish to exclude another from doing good . The spirit of charity can only be continued by a reconciliation of thefe ridiculous feuds ; and ...
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... against it . Thursday Morning . We wait impatiently for a full account of the late engagement between the Bulldog and Friseur . Thursday Evening . It is faid that the order of the Baik will be fent to Captain Grim . Friday Morning . A ...
... against it . Thursday Morning . We wait impatiently for a full account of the late engagement between the Bulldog and Friseur . Thursday Evening . It is faid that the order of the Baik will be fent to Captain Grim . Friday Morning . A ...
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... against my project , to confefs that I borrowed it from a Frenchman . When the Ile of Rhodes was , many centuries ago , in the hands of that military order now called the Knights of Malta , it was ravaged by a dragon , who inhabited a ...
... against my project , to confefs that I borrowed it from a Frenchman . When the Ile of Rhodes was , many centuries ago , in the hands of that military order now called the Knights of Malta , it was ravaged by a dragon , who inhabited a ...
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advertiſements againſt almoſt amuſement becauſe bufy buſineſs cauſe cenfure confidered courſe critick curiofity cuſtom defign defire delight difcovered eafily eafy eaſy endeavour enquiry fafe faid fame fatire fcarcely fecure feem feen feldom fenfe fent fervant fhall fhew fhop fhould filk fince firſt fleep fome fomething fometimes foon friends ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupplied fuppofe fure happineſs himſelf honour hope houfe houſe idle Idler itſelf labour lady laft laſt learned lefs live loft mifery Mifs mind moft morning moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never NUMB obferved ourſelves paffage paffed paffions perfuaded pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent promife publick purpoſe raiſed reaſon refolution refolved reft SATURDAY ſhall ſhe ſpeaks ſtate tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit whofe whoſe wife write