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Page 90
... prefent age , and names which hoped to range over kingdoms and continents fhrink at laft into cloyfters or colleges . NOR is it certain , that even of these dark and narrow habitations , thefe laft retreats of fame , the poffeffion will ...
... prefent age , and names which hoped to range over kingdoms and continents fhrink at laft into cloyfters or colleges . NOR is it certain , that even of these dark and narrow habitations , thefe laft retreats of fame , the poffeffion will ...
Page 128
... prefent ftate of union to receive its infor- mations , and execute its purpofes by the in- tervention of the body , the uniformity of our corporeal nature communicates itself to our intellectual operations ; and those whofe abilities or ...
... prefent ftate of union to receive its infor- mations , and execute its purpofes by the in- tervention of the body , the uniformity of our corporeal nature communicates itself to our intellectual operations ; and those whofe abilities or ...
Page 232
... prefent excellence ; fome had converfed with the author at the coffee - houfe ; and others gave hints that they had lent him money . I KNEW that no performance is fo favour- ably read as that of a writer who fuppreffes . his name , and ...
... prefent excellence ; fome had converfed with the author at the coffee - houfe ; and others gave hints that they had lent him money . I KNEW that no performance is fo favour- ably read as that of a writer who fuppreffes . his name , and ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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