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... claim . F. LEWIS 165 Young was I once and poor , now rich and old ; A harder cafe than mine was never told : Bleft with the pow'r to use them ---- I had none ;. Loaded with riches now , the pow'r is gone . F. LEWISS 166. Once poor , my ...
... claim . F. LEWIS 165 Young was I once and poor , now rich and old ; A harder cafe than mine was never told : Bleft with the pow'r to use them ---- I had none ;. Loaded with riches now , the pow'r is gone . F. LEWISS 166. Once poor , my ...
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... claim to the trade of writing but that they have tried fome other without fuccefs ; they per- ceive no particular fummons to compofition , except the found of the clock ; they have no other rule than the law or the fashion for ad ...
... claim to the trade of writing but that they have tried fome other without fuccefs ; they per- ceive no particular fummons to compofition , except the found of the clock ; they have no other rule than the law or the fashion for ad ...
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... claim to the rank affigned him by Dryden among the criticks . Letters , fays he , are intended as resemblances of conversation , and the chief excellencies of converfation are good humour and good breeding . This remark , equally ...
... claim to the rank affigned him by Dryden among the criticks . Letters , fays he , are intended as resemblances of conversation , and the chief excellencies of converfation are good humour and good breeding . This remark , equally ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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