The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 |
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... answered me as to travel and a campaign , so that we have only Great Britain to avoid her in . Be then yourself , and listen to the following rules , which only can be of use to you in this unaccountable distemper , wherein the patient ...
... answered me as to travel and a campaign , so that we have only Great Britain to avoid her in . Be then yourself , and listen to the following rules , which only can be of use to you in this unaccountable distemper , wherein the patient ...
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... answered I , ' you are to blame ; for as you ought to avoid nothing more than keeping company with yourself , so you ... answer to all this , but crying out , Ah , Sir ! ' for his passion reduced his discourse to interjections . There is ...
... answered I , ' you are to blame ; for as you ought to avoid nothing more than keeping company with yourself , so you ... answer to all this , but crying out , Ah , Sir ! ' for his passion reduced his discourse to interjections . There is ...
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... answer , Your sentence shall be a warning to all the rest of your companions , not to tell lies for want of wit . ' Upon this , he be- gan to beat his snuff - box with a very saucy air ; and opening it again , Faith , Isaac , ' said he ...
... answer , Your sentence shall be a warning to all the rest of your companions , not to tell lies for want of wit . ' Upon this , he be- gan to beat his snuff - box with a very saucy air ; and opening it again , Faith , Isaac , ' said he ...
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... answered according to the desire of the party , which he will see in a few days . No. 111. SATURDAY , DECEMBER 24 , 1709 . -Procul , ô ! Procul , este profani ! Hence , ye profane ! far hence be gone ! VIRG . ÆN . vi . 258 . SHEER ...
... answered according to the desire of the party , which he will see in a few days . No. 111. SATURDAY , DECEMBER 24 , 1709 . -Procul , ô ! Procul , este profani ! Hence , ye profane ! far hence be gone ! VIRG . ÆN . vi . 258 . SHEER ...
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... answer to his foregoing letter : DEAR SIR , I thank you for your obliging letter , and your kindness to the distressed , who will , doubtless , ex- press their gratitude to you themselves the next spring . As for Dick the tyrant , I ...
... answer to his foregoing letter : DEAR SIR , I thank you for your obliging letter , and your kindness to the distressed , who will , doubtless , ex- press their gratitude to you themselves the next spring . As for Dick the tyrant , I ...
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