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Page 162
... escape . WHEN a position teems thus with com- modious confequences , who can without re- gret confefs it to be falfe ? Yet it is certain that the pleasure of wantoning in flowery pe- riods , and the pride of fwelling with airy de ...
... escape . WHEN a position teems thus with com- modious confequences , who can without re- gret confefs it to be falfe ? Yet it is certain that the pleasure of wantoning in flowery pe- riods , and the pride of fwelling with airy de ...
Page 289
... escape from perpetual mortification . At laft , my schemes and forrows were interrupted by a fudden change of my relation's behaviour , who one day took an occafion when we were left to- gether in a room , to bid me fuffer myself no ...
... escape from perpetual mortification . At laft , my schemes and forrows were interrupted by a fudden change of my relation's behaviour , who one day took an occafion when we were left to- gether in a room , to bid me fuffer myself no ...
Page 292
... escape , or endeavour to throw on him any part of my infamy . THUS paffed the dismal hours till my re- treat could no longer be delayed . It was pre- tended that my relations had fent for me to a distant diftant county , and I entered ...
... escape , or endeavour to throw on him any part of my infamy . THUS paffed the dismal hours till my re- treat could no longer be delayed . It was pre- tended that my relations had fent for me to a distant diftant county , and I entered ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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