The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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... foon In sprightlier key and happier accent fung To the kind wench at home , whose ruddy cheeks Shall thaw the icy winter on his lips , And melt his frozen features into joy . But who , that ever heard the hunter's shout , When the ...
... foon In sprightlier key and happier accent fung To the kind wench at home , whose ruddy cheeks Shall thaw the icy winter on his lips , And melt his frozen features into joy . But who , that ever heard the hunter's shout , When the ...
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... foon as Attalus desisted from his invectives I took up my reflections , and if a wish could have purchased his possessions , encumbered with the vexations of their owner , I would not have taken them at the price . Down funk the vifion ...
... foon as Attalus desisted from his invectives I took up my reflections , and if a wish could have purchased his possessions , encumbered with the vexations of their owner , I would not have taken them at the price . Down funk the vifion ...
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... foon run foul of fomebody that will make him repent of his stateliness . Pride then , it seems , not only exposes a man to contempt , but puts him in danger ; it is also a very expen- five frolick , if he keeps it up as it should be ...
... foon run foul of fomebody that will make him repent of his stateliness . Pride then , it seems , not only exposes a man to contempt , but puts him in danger ; it is also a very expen- five frolick , if he keeps it up as it should be ...
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... foon read , but the moral is so much to his purpose , that he may depend upon it , if that does . not correct his pride , his pride is incorrigible , and all the Obfervers in the world will be but waste paper in his service . N ° XCVIII ...
... foon read , but the moral is so much to his purpose , that he may depend upon it , if that does . not correct his pride , his pride is incorrigible , and all the Obfervers in the world will be but waste paper in his service . N ° XCVIII ...
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... foon : " I'm for all work , and tho ' the job were stabbing , " Betraying , false - accusing , only say " Do this , and it is done ! I stick at nothing ; " They call me Thunder - bolt for my dispatch ; " Friend of my friends am I : Let ...
... foon : " I'm for all work , and tho ' the job were stabbing , " Betraying , false - accusing , only say " Do this , and it is done ! I stick at nothing ; " They call me Thunder - bolt for my dispatch ; " Friend of my friends am I : Let ...
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