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Page 19
... equals envy and defame him , because they now see him their superior ; and those who were once his su- periors , because they look upon him as their equal . But farther , a man whose extraordinary repu- tation thus lifts him up to the ...
... equals envy and defame him , because they now see him their superior ; and those who were once his su- periors , because they look upon him as their equal . But farther , a man whose extraordinary repu- tation thus lifts him up to the ...
Page 179
... equal bodies of both sexes ! Chance could never hold the balance with so steady a hand . Were we not counted out by an intelligent supervisor , we should sometimes be overcharged with multitudes , and at others waste away into a desert ...
... equal bodies of both sexes ! Chance could never hold the balance with so steady a hand . Were we not counted out by an intelligent supervisor , we should sometimes be overcharged with multitudes , and at others waste away into a desert ...
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... equal aptitude for several things , he regards them as so many unfinished pieces of na- ture wrought off in haste . There are indeed but very few to whom na- ture has been so unkind , that they are not capable of shining in some science ...
... equal aptitude for several things , he regards them as so many unfinished pieces of na- ture wrought off in haste . There are indeed but very few to whom na- ture has been so unkind , that they are not capable of shining in some science ...
Contents
VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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