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Page 15
... less of her company ; for if I should once hint such a thing , I am afraid she would resent it so as never to darken my door again . But , alas ! Sir , I have not yet told you half my affliction . She has two children , that are just ...
... less of her company ; for if I should once hint such a thing , I am afraid she would resent it so as never to darken my door again . But , alas ! Sir , I have not yet told you half my affliction . She has two children , that are just ...
Page 26
... less may every little scribbler , that shall attack me , expect an answer from the Busy - Body . : The sum of the charge delivered against me , either directly or indirectly , in the said paper , is this not to mention the first weighty ...
... less may every little scribbler , that shall attack me , expect an answer from the Busy - Body . : The sum of the charge delivered against me , either directly or indirectly , in the said paper , is this not to mention the first weighty ...
Page 36
... less than the most egregious folly and madness . I shall conclude with the words of my discreet friend , Agricola , of Chester county , when he gave his son a good plantation : - " My son , " says he , " I give thee now a valuable ...
... less than the most egregious folly and madness . I shall conclude with the words of my discreet friend , Agricola , of Chester county , when he gave his son a good plantation : - " My son , " says he , " I give thee now a valuable ...
Page 56
... less and less virtuous , till at length we have no virtue at all ? If self - denial be the essence of virtue , then it fol- lows that the man who is naturally temperate , just , & c . is not virtuous ; but that , in order to be vir ...
... less and less virtuous , till at length we have no virtue at all ? If self - denial be the essence of virtue , then it fol- lows that the man who is naturally temperate , just , & c . is not virtuous ; but that , in order to be vir ...
Page 57
... less of me than another , who does me the like kindness against his inclination ? If I have two journeymẹn , one naturally indus trious , the other idle , but both perform a day's work equally good , ought I to give the latter the most ...
... less of me than another , who does me the like kindness against his inclination ? If I have two journeymẹn , one naturally indus trious , the other idle , but both perform a day's work equally good , ought I to give the latter the most ...
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