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Samuel Johnson. Ir happened , however , that I foon difco- vered how much was wanting to the comple tion of my knowledge , and found that , ac- cording to Seneca's remark , I had hitherto feen the world but on one fide . My patron's ...
Samuel Johnson. Ir happened , however , that I foon difco- vered how much was wanting to the comple tion of my knowledge , and found that , ac- cording to Seneca's remark , I had hitherto feen the world but on one fide . My patron's ...
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... happened to occur to their own re- flection , and then by a law which idleness and timidity were too willing to obey , prohibi- ted new experiments of wit , reftrained fancy from the indulgence of her innate inclina- tion to hazard and ...
... happened to occur to their own re- flection , and then by a law which idleness and timidity were too willing to obey , prohibi- ted new experiments of wit , reftrained fancy from the indulgence of her innate inclina- tion to hazard and ...
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... happened to grow rich by parfimony , and to be kept quiet by in- fenfibility , and agreed to eat and to fleep to- gether . We have both mingled with the world , and are therefore no ftrangers to the faults and virtues , the defigns and ...
... happened to grow rich by parfimony , and to be kept quiet by in- fenfibility , and agreed to eat and to fleep to- gether . We have both mingled with the world , and are therefore no ftrangers to the faults and virtues , the defigns and ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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