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Page 7
... rising generation , fill me with fearful apprehensions for the future repu- tation of my country : a young man of modesty ( which is the most certain indication of large capa- cities ) is hereby discouraged from attempting to make any ...
... rising generation , fill me with fearful apprehensions for the future repu- tation of my country : a young man of modesty ( which is the most certain indication of large capa- cities ) is hereby discouraged from attempting to make any ...
Page 20
... rise , growth , and progress of the re- nowned Tiff Club . All persons who are acquainted with any facts , circumstances , characters , trans- actions , & c . which will be requisite to the perfect- ing and embellishment of the said ...
... rise , growth , and progress of the re- nowned Tiff Club . All persons who are acquainted with any facts , circumstances , characters , trans- actions , & c . which will be requisite to the perfect- ing and embellishment of the said ...
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... rise with you , live as long as you live , give you consolation in the hour of death , and remain with you when all other things are going to forsake you , or you them ? Hor . How glowingly you paint , Philocles : me . thinks , Horatio ...
... rise with you , live as long as you live , give you consolation in the hour of death , and remain with you when all other things are going to forsake you , or you them ? Hor . How glowingly you paint , Philocles : me . thinks , Horatio ...
Page 75
... rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy , and wise , ' as poor Richard says . " So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times ? We may make these times better , if we be- stir ourselves . Industry need not wish , and he that lives ...
... rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy , and wise , ' as poor Richard says . " So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times ? We may make these times better , if we be- stir ourselves . Industry need not wish , and he that lives ...
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... rise in debt . ' • Get what you can , and what you get hold ; ' Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold . ' And when you have got the philosopher's stone , sure you will no longer complain of bad times , or the difficulty ...
... rise in debt . ' • Get what you can , and what you get hold ; ' Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold . ' And when you have got the philosopher's stone , sure you will no longer complain of bad times , or the difficulty ...
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