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... shew the strength of those princi- ples from whence they proceed . They are not adequate expressions of our virtues , and can only shew us what habits are in the soul , without dis covering the degree and perfection of such habits ...
... shew the strength of those princi- ples from whence they proceed . They are not adequate expressions of our virtues , and can only shew us what habits are in the soul , without dis covering the degree and perfection of such habits ...
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... shew the world , that great honours cannot at all change his man- ners ; he is the same civil person he ever was ; he will venture his neck to bow out of a coach in full speed , at once to shew he is full of business , and yet not so ...
... shew the world , that great honours cannot at all change his man- ners ; he is the same civil person he ever was ; he will venture his neck to bow out of a coach in full speed , at once to shew he is full of business , and yet not so ...
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... shew the de- fects in Milton's Paradise Lost , I thought fit to premise these few particulars , to the end that the ... shews us the opinion that judicious author entertained of the sort of critics I have been here mentioning . A famous ...
... shew the de- fects in Milton's Paradise Lost , I thought fit to premise these few particulars , to the end that the ... shews us the opinion that judicious author entertained of the sort of critics I have been here mentioning . A famous ...
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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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