The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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... still cuts out work for the moralists , and I am in no fear of finding subject matter for three more volumes of essays , before I have exhausted the duty of an Observer . How- ever , though I have presumed upon taking up this character ...
... still cuts out work for the moralists , and I am in no fear of finding subject matter for three more volumes of essays , before I have exhausted the duty of an Observer . How- ever , though I have presumed upon taking up this character ...
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... their view , that if they repeat their afsault , I may still have re- Tources in my reach . Society is cemented by laws , upheld by reli- gion , B2 : gion , endeared by manners , and adorned by arts N ° 94. THE OBSERVER . 3.
... their view , that if they repeat their afsault , I may still have re- Tources in my reach . Society is cemented by laws , upheld by reli- gion , B2 : gion , endeared by manners , and adorned by arts N ° 94. THE OBSERVER . 3.
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... still harboured them in their hearts , and popery , three times expelled , was still upon the watch , and secretly whetting her weapons for a fourth attempt . Was this a period of focial happiness ? -The succession of the house of Hanover ...
... still harboured them in their hearts , and popery , three times expelled , was still upon the watch , and secretly whetting her weapons for a fourth attempt . Was this a period of focial happiness ? -The succession of the house of Hanover ...
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... still numerous , and if they have dropt their high in- flammatory tone , it is to the honour of Chrifti- anity that they have so done , and taken up a milder , meeker language in it's stead . As for the practice of religion , it is not ...
... still numerous , and if they have dropt their high in- flammatory tone , it is to the honour of Chrifti- anity that they have so done , and taken up a milder , meeker language in it's stead . As for the practice of religion , it is not ...
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... still the same : ' Tis not the blast From Afric's burning sands , it is the breath Of Spain's defpotic matter lays thee low ; ' Tis not alone the quaking earth that reels Under thy tottering cities , ' tis the fall Of freedom , ' tis ...
... still the same : ' Tis not the blast From Afric's burning sands , it is the breath Of Spain's defpotic matter lays thee low ; ' Tis not alone the quaking earth that reels Under thy tottering cities , ' tis the fall Of freedom , ' tis ...
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