Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality. By Mr. Addison |
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... whose fortune enabled him to make a genteel provision for five fons , of whom Mercator was the youngest , and who expected to share his estate , which was personal , in equal pro- portions at his death . Mercator was captivated with her ...
... whose fortune enabled him to make a genteel provision for five fons , of whom Mercator was the youngest , and who expected to share his estate , which was personal , in equal pro- portions at his death . Mercator was captivated with her ...
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... whose hearts have not already ac- quainted them with the agony which feized Flavilla upon the fight of this billet , all attempts to defcribe it would be not only ineffectual but abfurd . Ha- ving passed the night without fleep , and ...
... whose hearts have not already ac- quainted them with the agony which feized Flavilla upon the fight of this billet , all attempts to defcribe it would be not only ineffectual but abfurd . Ha- ving passed the night without fleep , and ...
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... whose life she was sustaining with her own . After Mercator had been absent about ten days , his uncle , having perfuaded him to accompany some friends to a country - feat at the distance of near fixty miles , went to his lodgings in ...
... whose life she was sustaining with her own . After Mercator had been absent about ten days , his uncle , having perfuaded him to accompany some friends to a country - feat at the distance of near fixty miles , went to his lodgings in ...
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... whose judgment may be greater than his own , and whose concern he is fure is no less . Every man , in his own affairs , is found to be less cautious than a pru- dent stander - by : he is generally too eagerly en- gaged , to make just ...
... whose judgment may be greater than his own , and whose concern he is fure is no less . Every man , in his own affairs , is found to be less cautious than a pru- dent stander - by : he is generally too eagerly en- gaged , to make just ...
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... whose seat is the throne of < Medina , and whose commission is from above . " These words ftruck me dumb with astonishment , ' though I had fome doubt of their truth : but Al- ' malic , throwing back his garment , discovered the ...
... whose seat is the throne of < Medina , and whose commission is from above . " These words ftruck me dumb with astonishment , ' though I had fome doubt of their truth : but Al- ' malic , throwing back his garment , discovered the ...
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