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... give . What foul his future conduct can foresee ? Tell me what fort of lion you wou'd be ? F. LEWISS Thou haft not known the giddy whirls of fate , Nor fervile flatteries which enchant the great .. Mifs A. W .. THE RAMBLER . NUMB . 137 ...
... give . What foul his future conduct can foresee ? Tell me what fort of lion you wou'd be ? F. LEWISS Thou haft not known the giddy whirls of fate , Nor fervile flatteries which enchant the great .. Mifs A. W .. THE RAMBLER . NUMB . 137 ...
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... give pleasure , or to conciliate affection , but by fofter accomplishments , and by qualities . more eafily communicable to those about us . He that can only converfe upon questions , about which only a fmall part of mankind has ...
... give pleasure , or to conciliate affection , but by fofter accomplishments , and by qualities . more eafily communicable to those about us . He that can only converfe upon questions , about which only a fmall part of mankind has ...
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... give a Aronger reprefentation of the wearinefs of espondency than in the words of Samson to his father . I feel my genial fpirits droop , My hopes all flat , nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of ...
... give a Aronger reprefentation of the wearinefs of espondency than in the words of Samson to his father . I feel my genial fpirits droop , My hopes all flat , nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of ...
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... give way to the unanimity of applaufe , there is yet this one expedient to be- tried by which the author may be degraded ,. though his work be reverenced ; and the ex-- cellence which we cannot obscure , may be fet at fuch a diftance as ...
... give way to the unanimity of applaufe , there is yet this one expedient to be- tried by which the author may be degraded ,. though his work be reverenced ; and the ex-- cellence which we cannot obscure , may be fet at fuch a diftance as ...
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... enquiries after the white bear , and fometimes with praises of the dancing dog ; he is afterwards entreated to give his judgment upon a wager about the height of the monument ; invited to fee . a height 86 The RAMBLER . N ° . 146 .
... enquiries after the white bear , and fometimes with praises of the dancing dog ; he is afterwards entreated to give his judgment upon a wager about the height of the monument ; invited to fee . a height 86 The RAMBLER . N ° . 146 .
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