The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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... striking advantages in the poffeffion of wealth , that the inhe- ritance of a great estate , devolving upon a man in the vigour of mind and body , appears to the the eye of speculation as a lot of fingular felicity 12 No 94 . THE OBSERVER .
... striking advantages in the poffeffion of wealth , that the inhe- ritance of a great estate , devolving upon a man in the vigour of mind and body , appears to the the eye of speculation as a lot of fingular felicity 12 No 94 . THE OBSERVER .
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... striking contrast to the or- " namented grounds about it - I am surprised , " added he , " you can fee any beauty in those " paltry huts . " - Before I could make reply , an old peasant had approached us , and humbly en- quired of ...
... striking contrast to the or- " namented grounds about it - I am surprised , " added he , " you can fee any beauty in those " paltry huts . " - Before I could make reply , an old peasant had approached us , and humbly en- quired of ...
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... Thunder - bolt for my dispatch ; " Friend of my friends am I : Let actions speak me ; " I'm much too modest to commend myself . " " G3 I must I must confider this fragment as a very striking specimen N ° 102 . 85 THE OBSERVER .
... Thunder - bolt for my dispatch ; " Friend of my friends am I : Let actions speak me ; " I'm much too modest to commend myself . " " G3 I must I must confider this fragment as a very striking specimen N ° 102 . 85 THE OBSERVER .
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... striking specimen of the author , and the only licence I have used is to tack together two separate ex- tracts from the fame original , which meet in the break of the tenth line , and so appositely that it is highly probable they both ...
... striking specimen of the author , and the only licence I have used is to tack together two separate ex- tracts from the fame original , which meet in the break of the tenth line , and so appositely that it is highly probable they both ...
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... think myself happy in the discovery of it . The learned reader will acknowledge a striking fimilitude in the manner : to to Ariftophanes's remarks upon the occupations of Socrates's scholars in N ° 103. THE OBSERVER . 95.
... think myself happy in the discovery of it . The learned reader will acknowledge a striking fimilitude in the manner : to to Ariftophanes's remarks upon the occupations of Socrates's scholars in N ° 103. THE OBSERVER . 95.
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