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Pagina 14
... able to bear such a sight . Men of elegant and noble minds are shocked at seeing the characters of persons who de- serve esteem for their virtue , knowledge , or ser- vices to their country , placed in wrong lights , and by ...
... able to bear such a sight . Men of elegant and noble minds are shocked at seeing the characters of persons who de- serve esteem for their virtue , knowledge , or ser- vices to their country , placed in wrong lights , and by ...
Pagina 20
... able to despatch them this evening .'— ' Madam , ' said I , are you in all this haste and perplexity , and only going to such as you have not a mind to see ? ' 6 Yes , Sir , ' said she , I have several now with whom I keep a constant ...
... able to despatch them this evening .'— ' Madam , ' said I , are you in all this haste and perplexity , and only going to such as you have not a mind to see ? ' 6 Yes , Sir , ' said she , I have several now with whom I keep a constant ...
Pagina 32
... able to read a chapter in it . These poor wretches talk blasphemy for want of discourse , and are rather the objects of scorn or pity , than of our indignation ; but the grave dis- putant , that reads and writes , and spends all his ...
... able to read a chapter in it . These poor wretches talk blasphemy for want of discourse , and are rather the objects of scorn or pity , than of our indignation ; but the grave dis- putant , that reads and writes , and spends all his ...
Pagina 34
... able , and by that means more likely to spread . I have somewhere either read or heard a very memo- rable sentence , that a man would be a most in- supportable monster , should he have the faults that are incident to his years ...
... able , and by that means more likely to spread . I have somewhere either read or heard a very memo- rable sentence , that a man would be a most in- supportable monster , should he have the faults that are incident to his years ...
Pagina 38
... able to fix a quarter of an hour in any , and in a particular haste without knowing for what . It would , methinks , be some conso- lation , if I could persuade these precipitate young gentlemen to compose this restlessness of mind ...
... able to fix a quarter of an hour in any , and in a particular haste without knowing for what . It would , methinks , be some conso- lation , if I could persuade these precipitate young gentlemen to compose this restlessness of mind ...
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