The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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... something , which has not yet come under our review ; we will therefore proceed to the next point , and take the present state of religion into our confideration . Religious feuds are so terrible in their conse- quences , and the peace ...
... something , which has not yet come under our review ; we will therefore proceed to the next point , and take the present state of religion into our confideration . Religious feuds are so terrible in their conse- quences , and the peace ...
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... something of the stiffness of the barber's buckle ; nor do I see how he can walk on foot at his ease , when his wig goes in a chair . How many of us can call to mind the day , when it was a mark of good - breeding to cram a poor ...
... something of the stiffness of the barber's buckle ; nor do I see how he can walk on foot at his ease , when his wig goes in a chair . How many of us can call to mind the day , when it was a mark of good - breeding to cram a poor ...
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... something like the following , rhapsody- " Bleft above men , if he perceives and feels The bleffings he is heir to , He ! to whom His provident forefathers have bequeath'd In this fair district of their native ifle A free inheritance ...
... something like the following , rhapsody- " Bleft above men , if he perceives and feels The bleffings he is heir to , He ! to whom His provident forefathers have bequeath'd In this fair district of their native ifle A free inheritance ...
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... something ' tis , " But by Minerva and the gods I swear ! " I know not what this nameless something is . " This riddling description of love I confider ' as a very curious fragment of the Greek comedy , as it has more play of words and ...
... something ' tis , " But by Minerva and the gods I swear ! " I know not what this nameless something is . " This riddling description of love I confider ' as a very curious fragment of the Greek comedy , as it has more play of words and ...
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... something worth our notice . ARISTOPHON . This poet has left us more and better remem- brancers of his muse , though fewer of his hif- tory : That he was a writer of the Middle Co- medy is all I can collect , which personally con- cerns ...
... something worth our notice . ARISTOPHON . This poet has left us more and better remem- brancers of his muse , though fewer of his hif- tory : That he was a writer of the Middle Co- medy is all I can collect , which personally con- cerns ...
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