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... fubjects , in all states of mind , they cannot be properly reduced to fettled rules , or defcribed by any fingle ... fubject impreffes folicitude , or the dignity of the perfon exacts reverence . THAT THAT letters fhould be written ...
... fubjects , in all states of mind , they cannot be properly reduced to fettled rules , or defcribed by any fingle ... fubject impreffes folicitude , or the dignity of the perfon exacts reverence . THAT THAT letters fhould be written ...
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... avoids cenfure , the other aspires to praise ; one is always in danger of infipidity , the other continually on the brink of affectation , WHEN WHEN the fubject has no intrinfick dignity it must neceffarily 140 The RAMBLER . No. 152 .
... avoids cenfure , the other aspires to praise ; one is always in danger of infipidity , the other continually on the brink of affectation , WHEN WHEN the fubject has no intrinfick dignity it must neceffarily 140 The RAMBLER . No. 152 .
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... fubjects on which they converfed , were fuch as are feldom difcuffed in books , and were therefore out of my ... fubject enabled me to dif- course with ease and volubility ; but however I might please myself , I found very little ...
... fubjects on which they converfed , were fuch as are feldom difcuffed in books , and were therefore out of my ... fubject enabled me to dif- course with ease and volubility ; but however I might please myself , I found very little ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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