The Rambler. ...J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752 |
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... reason- able to alter the common diftribution of dignity , and have ventured to condemn man- kind of universal ingratitude . For if juftice exacts that those by whom we are most be- nefited fhould be moft honoured , what better title ...
... reason- able to alter the common diftribution of dignity , and have ventured to condemn man- kind of universal ingratitude . For if juftice exacts that those by whom we are most be- nefited fhould be moft honoured , what better title ...
Page 166
... reason was defeated . As we all know our own faults , and know * them generally with many aggravations which human perfpicacity cannot discover , there is , perhaps , no man , however hardened by im- pudence or diffipated by levity ...
... reason was defeated . As we all know our own faults , and know * them generally with many aggravations which human perfpicacity cannot discover , there is , perhaps , no man , however hardened by im- pudence or diffipated by levity ...
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... reason for the preference , or none ade- quate to the violence of his paffions ; of in- Auence that acted inftantaneously upon his mind , and which no arguments or perfuafi- ons could ever overcome . AMONG those with whom time and inter ...
... reason for the preference , or none ade- quate to the violence of his paffions ; of in- Auence that acted inftantaneously upon his mind , and which no arguments or perfuafi- ons could ever overcome . AMONG those with whom time and inter ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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