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Pagina 48
... person that enjoys it , and is Nature's gift , but diversified by various specific characters and limitations , as its active fire is blended and allayed by different proportions of phlegm , or reduced and regulated by the contrast of ...
... person that enjoys it , and is Nature's gift , but diversified by various specific characters and limitations , as its active fire is blended and allayed by different proportions of phlegm , or reduced and regulated by the contrast of ...
Pagina 49
... persons of great figure and of all denomina- tions . Violent party - men , who differed in all things besides , agreed in their tarn to shew parti- cular respect and friendship to this insolent de- rider of the worship of his country ...
... persons of great figure and of all denomina- tions . Violent party - men , who differed in all things besides , agreed in their tarn to shew parti- cular respect and friendship to this insolent de- rider of the worship of his country ...
Pagina 50
... persons at once ge- nerous and unjust , impious lovers of their coun- try and flagitious heroes , good - natured sharpers , immoral men of honour , and libertines who will sooner die than change their religion ; and though it is true ...
... persons at once ge- nerous and unjust , impious lovers of their coun- try and flagitious heroes , good - natured sharpers , immoral men of honour , and libertines who will sooner die than change their religion ; and though it is true ...
Pagina 73
... person who acted Polly , till then obscure , became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved , and sold in great numbers ; her life written , books of let- ters and verses to her published , and pamphlets made ...
... person who acted Polly , till then obscure , became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved , and sold in great numbers ; her life written , books of let- ters and verses to her published , and pamphlets made ...
Pagina 80
... person ; and it is every honest man's duty to defend it . " You are pleased to say , it is yet doubtful if the Hollanders are rash enough to make such an attempt ; but be that as it will , I beg leave to in- sist upon it , that I may be ...
... person ; and it is every honest man's duty to defend it . " You are pleased to say , it is yet doubtful if the Hollanders are rash enough to make such an attempt ; but be that as it will , I beg leave to in- sist upon it , that I may be ...
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