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Page 93
... tion , my father prevailed upon a gentleman , long known at Oxford for the extent of his learning and purity of his manners , to under- take my education . The regard with which I faw him treated , difpofed me to confider his ...
... tion , my father prevailed upon a gentleman , long known at Oxford for the extent of his learning and purity of his manners , to under- take my education . The regard with which I faw him treated , difpofed me to confider his ...
Page 99
... tion to which they feem to have annexed 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 ...
... tion to which they feem to have annexed 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 ...
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... 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 confidence in his encrease of ftrength tempted him to carele finefs and irregularity ; he caught a ...
... 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 confidence in his encrease of ftrength tempted him to carele finefs and irregularity ; he caught a ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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affiftance againſt antient antiquated journals bankrupcy becauſe bufy buſineſs cenfured confidered contempt converfation curiofity defign defire diftant diſcover eafily encreaſe endeavour enquiry equally eſcape expreffion eyes fafely fame favour fcarcely fcience fecure feems feen feldom felf fentiments fhall fhort fhould fince fingle firft firſt folicit fome fometimes foon forrow fortune ftand ftate ftrength ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fupply fuppofe fupport furely genius happineſs himſelf honour hope houſe infolence inftruction infult intereft itſelf juft kindneſs labour laft laſt learning lefs loft mankind ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs never NUMB obfcurity obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions pleafing pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe preſent profeffions publick pupillage purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon reaſon refolved reft Samfon ſee ſhall ſhe ſtate tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought THRASYBULUS tion underſtand uſe vifit virtue whofe whoſe writer