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... confider well what are the Characters which they bear among their Enemies . Our Friends very often flatter us , as much as our own Hearts . They either do not see our Faults , or conceal them from us , or foften them by their ...
... confider well what are the Characters which they bear among their Enemies . Our Friends very often flatter us , as much as our own Hearts . They either do not see our Faults , or conceal them from us , or foften them by their ...
Page 105
... confider , that in the Country there is no Exchange , there are no Play-- houses , no Variety of Coffee - houses , nor many of those other Amusements which ferve here as fo many Re- liefs from the repeated Occurrences in their own Fami ...
... confider , that in the Country there is no Exchange , there are no Play-- houses , no Variety of Coffee - houses , nor many of those other Amusements which ferve here as fo many Re- liefs from the repeated Occurrences in their own Fami ...
Page 144
... confider as Occafional Papers , that take their Rife from the Folly , Extravagance , and Ca- price of the prefent Age . For I look upon my felf as one fet to watch the Manners and Behaviour of my Coun- trymen and Contemporaries , and to ...
... confider as Occafional Papers , that take their Rife from the Folly , Extravagance , and Ca- price of the prefent Age . For I look upon my felf as one fet to watch the Manners and Behaviour of my Coun- trymen and Contemporaries , and to ...
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