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Page 6
... fame cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse , which , in his merry humours , he tells us has been in and out twelve times fince he firft wore it . It is faid Sir Roger grew humble in his defires after he had forgot this ...
... fame cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse , which , in his merry humours , he tells us has been in and out twelve times fince he firft wore it . It is faid Sir Roger grew humble in his defires after he had forgot this ...
Page 8
... fame pleasure that wit would in another man . He has made his fortune himself ; and fays that England may be richer than other kingdoms , by as plain methods as he himself is richer than other men ; though at the fame time I can say ...
... fame pleasure that wit would in another man . He has made his fortune himself ; and fays that England may be richer than other kingdoms , by as plain methods as he himself is richer than other men ; though at the fame time I can say ...
Page 9
... fame frankness runs through all his converfation . The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures , in the relation of which he is very agree- able to the company ; for he is never overbearing , though accustomed ...
... fame frankness runs through all his converfation . The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures , in the relation of which he is very agree- able to the company ; for he is never overbearing , though accustomed ...
Page 10
... fame time received a kind glance or a blow of a fan from fome celebrated beauty , mother of the prefent Lord fuch a one . If you fpeak of a young commoner that said a lively thing in the house , he starts up , He has good blood in his ...
... fame time received a kind glance or a blow of a fan from fome celebrated beauty , mother of the prefent Lord fuch a one . If you fpeak of a young commoner that said a lively thing in the house , he starts up , He has good blood in his ...
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... fame time , fhewed a very particular uncafi- nefs , if the faw any thing approaching that might hurt them . She appeared indeed infinitely timorous in all her behaviour ; and , whether it was from the delicacy of her conftitution , or ...
... fame time , fhewed a very particular uncafi- nefs , if the faw any thing approaching that might hurt them . She appeared indeed infinitely timorous in all her behaviour ; and , whether it was from the delicacy of her conftitution , or ...
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