The Rambler. ...J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752 |
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... common negotiations , or extricate their af- fairs from trivial perplexities . Those who have been taught to confider the inftitutions of the schools , as giving the laft perfection to human abilities , are furprised to see men wrinkled ...
... common negotiations , or extricate their af- fairs from trivial perplexities . Those who have been taught to confider the inftitutions of the schools , as giving the laft perfection to human abilities , are furprised to see men wrinkled ...
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... common cant of po- etry , have preferved him from frequent out- riges of local or chronological propriety . Yet he has mentioned Chalybean Steel , of which it is not very likely that his chorus fhould have heard , and has made Alp the ...
... common cant of po- etry , have preferved him from frequent out- riges of local or chronological propriety . Yet he has mentioned Chalybean Steel , of which it is not very likely that his chorus fhould have heard , and has made Alp the ...
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... common to find thofe whom a very little affiftance would enable to fupport themselves with decency , and who yet cannot obtain from near rela- tions what they see hourly lavished in often- tation , luxury , or frolick . Ir is certain ...
... common to find thofe whom a very little affiftance would enable to fupport themselves with decency , and who yet cannot obtain from near rela- tions what they see hourly lavished in often- tation , luxury , or frolick . Ir is certain ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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