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Pagina xi
... thing to disapprove , but less , perhaps , than there would be in those of any other man , whose words , actions , and even thoughts should be exposed to public ob- servation so nakedly as , by a strange concurrence of circumstances ...
... thing to disapprove , but less , perhaps , than there would be in those of any other man , whose words , actions , and even thoughts should be exposed to public ob- servation so nakedly as , by a strange concurrence of circumstances ...
Pagina 8
... things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authours have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am certain , that consider- ing how highly the small portion which we have of the table - talk and ...
... things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authours have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am certain , that consider- ing how highly the small portion which we have of the table - talk and ...
Pagina 11
... thing ? " " I hope ( replied he ) that I should have willingly lived on bread and water to obtain instruction for ... things for which they might not perhaps have either taste or necessity . You teach your daughters the diameters of the ...
... thing ? " " I hope ( replied he ) that I should have willingly lived on bread and water to obtain instruction for ... things for which they might not perhaps have either taste or necessity . You teach your daughters the diameters of the ...
Pagina 62
... thing to be written about is our historical design . " You mentioned the proposal of printing in numbers as an alteration in the scheme , but I believe you mistook , some way or other , my meaning ; I had no other view than that you ...
... thing to be written about is our historical design . " You mentioned the proposal of printing in numbers as an alteration in the scheme , but I believe you mistook , some way or other , my meaning ; I had no other view than that you ...
Pagina 76
... thing he ever wrote [ and he told Mr. Tyers that he com- posed it also , in one night , after finishing an evening ... things may appear trite , dull , or offensively rude in mere narration , which were enlivened or softened by the air ...
... thing he ever wrote [ and he told Mr. Tyers that he com- posed it also , in one night , after finishing an evening ... things may appear trite , dull , or offensively rude in mere narration , which were enlivened or softened by the air ...
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