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Page 116
... faults . A man that is now and then guilty of an intemperance is not to be called a drunkard ; but the rule of polite rail- lery is to speak of a man's faults as if you loved him . Of this nature is what was said by Cæsar : when one was ...
... faults . A man that is now and then guilty of an intemperance is not to be called a drunkard ; but the rule of polite rail- lery is to speak of a man's faults as if you loved him . Of this nature is what was said by Cæsar : when one was ...
Page 190
... fault : and though such a treatment of an author naturally produces indignation in the mind of an understanding ... fault with any thing that gives him an opportunity of exerting his beloved talent , and very often cen- sures a passage ...
... fault : and though such a treatment of an author naturally produces indignation in the mind of an understanding ... fault with any thing that gives him an opportunity of exerting his beloved talent , and very often cen- sures a passage ...
Page 193
... fault : and though such a treatment of an author naturally produces indignation in the mind of an understanding ... fault with any thing that gives him an opportunity of exerting his beloved talent , and very often cen- sures a passage ...
... fault : and though such a treatment of an author naturally produces indignation in the mind of an understanding ... fault with any thing that gives him an opportunity of exerting his beloved talent , and very often cen- sures a passage ...
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VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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