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... themselves with the gaze of igno- rance , and forbearing to attempt what they have no hopes of performing , refign the plea- fure of rational contemplation to more perti- nacious ftudy or more active faculties . AMONG the productions of ...
... themselves with the gaze of igno- rance , and forbearing to attempt what they have no hopes of performing , refign the plea- fure of rational contemplation to more perti- nacious ftudy or more active faculties . AMONG the productions of ...
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... themselves , by endeavouring to be- lieve it neceffary to the extension of their ac- quaintance and improvement of their intereft ; and whenever any place became vacant , they expected to be repaid by diftinction and ad- vancement . In ...
... themselves , by endeavouring to be- lieve it neceffary to the extension of their ac- quaintance and improvement of their intereft ; and whenever any place became vacant , they expected to be repaid by diftinction and ad- vancement . In ...
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... themselves by the publication of letters , except fuch as were written in the discharge of publick trufts , and during the tranfaction of great affairs , which though they afford precedents to the minifter , and memo- rials to the ...
... themselves by the publication of letters , except fuch as were written in the discharge of publick trufts , and during the tranfaction of great affairs , which though they afford precedents to the minifter , and memo- rials to the ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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