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Page 149
... greatest parts and most lively imaginations rather puzzle their affairs , than bring them to an happy issue . From what has been said , I think I may lay it down as a maxim , that every man of good com- anon sense may , if he pleases ...
... greatest parts and most lively imaginations rather puzzle their affairs , than bring them to an happy issue . From what has been said , I think I may lay it down as a maxim , that every man of good com- anon sense may , if he pleases ...
Page 190
... greatest violence . Tully observes , that it is very easy to brand or fix a mark upon what he calls verbum ardens , or as it may be rendered into English , a glowing bold expression , ' and to turn it into ridicule by a cold ill ...
... greatest violence . Tully observes , that it is very easy to brand or fix a mark upon what he calls verbum ardens , or as it may be rendered into English , a glowing bold expression , ' and to turn it into ridicule by a cold ill ...
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... greatest violence . Tully observes , that it is very easy to brand or fix a mark upon what he calls verbum ardens , or as it may be rendered into English , a glowing bold expression , ' and to turn it into ridicule by a cold ill ...
... greatest violence . Tully observes , that it is very easy to brand or fix a mark upon what he calls verbum ardens , or as it may be rendered into English , a glowing bold expression , ' and to turn it into ridicule by a cold ill ...
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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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