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... present , to say any thing to my own disadvan- tage . It is very common with authors in their first per- formances , to talk to their readers thus : " If this . meets with a suitable reception , or , if this MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 5.
... present , to say any thing to my own disadvan- tage . It is very common with authors in their first per- formances , to talk to their readers thus : " If this . meets with a suitable reception , or , if this MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 5.
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... present diverted by the reception of a letter , which , though it regards me only in my private capacity , as an adept , yet I venture to publish it for the entertainment of my readers . " To Censor Morum , Esq . Busy - Body General of ...
... present diverted by the reception of a letter , which , though it regards me only in my private capacity , as an adept , yet I venture to publish it for the entertainment of my readers . " To Censor Morum , Esq . Busy - Body General of ...
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... present scarcity of money had obliged those , who were living , and knew where they had formerly hid any , to take it up , and use it in their own necessary affairs : and as to all the rest , which was buried by pirates and others in ...
... present scarcity of money had obliged those , who were living , and knew where they had formerly hid any , to take it up , and use it in their own necessary affairs : and as to all the rest , which was buried by pirates and others in ...
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... present embarrassments and future cares ! I know you love me , and look with com- passion upon my conduct ; show me , then , the path which leads up to that constant and invariable good , which I have heard you so beautifully de- scribe ...
... present embarrassments and future cares ! I know you love me , and look with com- passion upon my conduct ; show me , then , the path which leads up to that constant and invariable good , which I have heard you so beautifully de- scribe ...
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... present happiness , and not to build one upon the ruins of the other : but if , through the strength and power of a present passion , and through want of attending to consequences , we have erred and exceeded the bounds which na- ture ...
... present happiness , and not to build one upon the ruins of the other : but if , through the strength and power of a present passion , and through want of attending to consequences , we have erred and exceeded the bounds which na- ture ...
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