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Page 69
... against unintermitted attacks , and a continual fucceffion of enemies ? Yet fuch is the ftate of the world , that no fooner can any man emerge from the crowd , and fix the eyes of the publick upon him , than he ftands as a mark to the ...
... against unintermitted attacks , and a continual fucceffion of enemies ? Yet fuch is the ftate of the world , that no fooner can any man emerge from the crowd , and fix the eyes of the publick upon him , than he ftands as a mark to the ...
Page 110
... against the man to whom it is imputed . In proportion as guilt is more enormous , it ought to be ascertained by ftronger evidence . The charge against ingratitude is very general ; almost every man can tell what favours he has conferred ...
... against the man to whom it is imputed . In proportion as guilt is more enormous , it ought to be ascertained by ftronger evidence . The charge against ingratitude is very general ; almost every man can tell what favours he has conferred ...
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... against the common means of improvement ; talks of the dark chaos of indigested knowledge ; defcribes the mifchie- vous effects of heterogenous fciences fermen- ting in the mind ; relates the blunders of lettered ignorance ; expatiates ...
... against the common means of improvement ; talks of the dark chaos of indigested knowledge ; defcribes the mifchie- vous effects of heterogenous fciences fermen- ting in the mind ; relates the blunders of lettered ignorance ; expatiates ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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