The Rambler. ...J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752 |
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Page 89
... merit can be spread amidst the mists of bu finefs and of folly ; and how foon it is al- ways clouded by the intervention of other no- velties . Not only the writer of books , but the commander of armies , and the deliverer of nations ...
... merit can be spread amidst the mists of bu finefs and of folly ; and how foon it is al- ways clouded by the intervention of other no- velties . Not only the writer of books , but the commander of armies , and the deliverer of nations ...
Page 99
... merit , and affurance therefore is perpetually recommended to me as the fupply of every defect , and the ornament of every excellence . I never fit filent in company when secret history is circulating , but I am reproached for want of ...
... merit , and affurance therefore is perpetually recommended to me as the fupply of every defect , and the ornament of every excellence . I never fit filent in company when secret history is circulating , but I am reproached for want of ...
Page 243
... merit has enlarged his in- fluence , would furely wish to exert it for the benefit of mankind . Yet fuch will be the effect of his reputation while he fuffers him- felf to indulge any favourite fault , that they who have no hope to ...
... merit has enlarged his in- fluence , would furely wish to exert it for the benefit of mankind . Yet fuch will be the effect of his reputation while he fuffers him- felf to indulge any favourite fault , that they who have no hope to ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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