The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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... against the present times reprehended and con- futed Page I - - - XCV . Advantages of a great fortune well ap- plied , and the contrary confequences re- fulting from it's abuse exemplified in the author's visit to Attalus : A poetic ...
... against the present times reprehended and con- futed Page I - - - XCV . Advantages of a great fortune well ap- plied , and the contrary confequences re- fulting from it's abuse exemplified in the author's visit to Attalus : A poetic ...
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... against these rules characterized in a variety of particulars Page 46 - XCIX . Discovery of a curious Greek fragment , describing the paintings of Apelles , Parrhafius and Timanthes , taken from certain dramas of Ęschylus the tragic ...
... against these rules characterized in a variety of particulars Page 46 - XCIX . Discovery of a curious Greek fragment , describing the paintings of Apelles , Parrhafius and Timanthes , taken from certain dramas of Ęschylus the tragic ...
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... against two par- ticular miracles of Christ examined and opposed - - - 202 CXVII . Further defence of the miracles objected to by David Levi ; his charge of con- tradiction against the evangelical histo- rians answered ; and bis further ...
... against two par- ticular miracles of Christ examined and opposed - - - 202 CXVII . Further defence of the miracles objected to by David Levi ; his charge of con- tradiction against the evangelical histo- rians answered ; and bis further ...
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... If this be really one of the habits of age , it is high time for every man , who grows old , to guard against it ; for there is no occasion to in- VOL . IV . vite B vite more peevish companions for the last hours of life.
... If this be really one of the habits of age , it is high time for every man , who grows old , to guard against it ; for there is no occasion to in- VOL . IV . vite B vite more peevish companions for the last hours of life.
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... against me , I sus pect that I shall find myself , as I frequently have done , in a very decided minority ; for let the reader take notice , I know the world too well to think of getting popularity by defending it ; if ever I make that ...
... against me , I sus pect that I shall find myself , as I frequently have done , in a very decided minority ; for let the reader take notice , I know the world too well to think of getting popularity by defending it ; if ever I make that ...
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