The IdlerJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... it ; and therefore , no man thought it either neceffary or wife to make any standing provi- fion for the needy , to look forwards to the wants of pofterity , pofterity , or to fecure fucceffions of charity , for N ° 4 . 43 THE IDL È R.
... it ; and therefore , no man thought it either neceffary or wife to make any standing provi- fion for the needy , to look forwards to the wants of pofterity , pofterity , or to fecure fucceffions of charity , for N ° 4 . 43 THE IDL È R.
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... look , or believe myself to look , with more philofophick eyes on human affairs , muft confefs , that I faw the troops march with little emotion ; my thoughts were fixed upon other scenes , and the tear ftole into my eyes , not for ...
... look , or believe myself to look , with more philofophick eyes on human affairs , muft confefs , that I faw the troops march with little emotion ; my thoughts were fixed upon other scenes , and the tear ftole into my eyes , not for ...
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... was , without a breach ; and Į cannot but think , that feven thousand women might have ventured to look at Rochfort , fack a village , rob a vineyard , and return in fafety . NUMB . 6. SATURDAY , May 20 , 1758 . 20 N ° 5 . THE IDLER .
... was , without a breach ; and Į cannot but think , that feven thousand women might have ventured to look at Rochfort , fack a village , rob a vineyard , and return in fafety . NUMB . 6. SATURDAY , May 20 , 1758 . 20 N ° 5 . THE IDLER .
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... look an enemy in the face . But it has been lately obferved , that fear is received by the ear as well as the eyes , and the Indian war - cry is reprefented as too dreadful to be endured ; as a found that will force the braveft veteran ...
... look an enemy in the face . But it has been lately obferved , that fear is received by the ear as well as the eyes , and the Indian war - cry is reprefented as too dreadful to be endured ; as a found that will force the braveft veteran ...
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... looks of a being weak and foolish as himself , and whofe vanity is to recount the names of men , who might drop into nothing , and leave no vacuity ; nor the proprie- tor of funds , who ftops his acquaintance in the street to tell him ...
... looks of a being weak and foolish as himself , and whofe vanity is to recount the names of men , who might drop into nothing , and leave no vacuity ; nor the proprie- tor of funds , who ftops his acquaintance in the street to tell him ...
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