The World ..R. and J. Dodsley, 1753 |
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... affure you , that notwithstanding the narrowness of our fortune , we did not run out above ten pounds a year : for if it be confidered that we had both been used to company and good living ; that the largest part of our income was ...
... affure you , that notwithstanding the narrowness of our fortune , we did not run out above ten pounds a year : for if it be confidered that we had both been used to company and good living ; that the largest part of our income was ...
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... affure you upon their honours , that in a whole twelve - month's play , they never rofe winners but that once . BUT if thefe GROWLERS ( a name which I fhall always call the men of this class by ) would content themselves with giving ...
... affure you upon their honours , that in a whole twelve - month's play , they never rofe winners but that once . BUT if thefe GROWLERS ( a name which I fhall always call the men of this class by ) would content themselves with giving ...
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... affure me of his having raised compaffion in a single breaft , or that he has once induced his adversary to change hands with him out of charity , I fhall allow that he acts upon principles of prudence , and that he is not a most ...
... affure me of his having raised compaffion in a single breaft , or that he has once induced his adversary to change hands with him out of charity , I fhall allow that he acts upon principles of prudence , and that he is not a most ...
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... affure themselves that the WORLD fhall have no religion in it . I am , & c . A. FITZ - ADAM . To Mr. FITZ - ADA M. SIR , I CANNOT help being offended at your want of cor- rectness in a paper , which , in other refpects , deferves ...
... affure themselves that the WORLD fhall have no religion in it . I am , & c . A. FITZ - ADAM . To Mr. FITZ - ADA M. SIR , I CANNOT help being offended at your want of cor- rectness in a paper , which , in other refpects , deferves ...
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... affure you , upon my veracity , that they have hitherto proceeded from nothing but inadvertency . I am , SIR , Your obliged fervant , To A. FITZ - ADAM . ADAM FITZ - ADAM , Efq ; Dear Fitz , LORD ** **** and I laid hold of a d - d prig ...
... affure you , upon my veracity , that they have hitherto proceeded from nothing but inadvertency . I am , SIR , Your obliged fervant , To A. FITZ - ADAM . ADAM FITZ - ADAM , Efq ; Dear Fitz , LORD ** **** and I laid hold of a d - d prig ...
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Page 176 - Many totally neglect, and many mistake it. The ancients began the education of their children, by forming their hearts and their manners. They taught them the duty of men and of citizens ; we teach them the languages of the ancients, and leave their morals and manners to shift for themselves.
Page 586 - My friends know what I am, and what I have been, but they reject and hate me : and I have not the...
Page 448 - When he affumes the critic's chair, Or from the STAGYRITE or PLATo draws The arts of civil life, the fpirit of the laws. O let me often thus employ The hour of mirth and focial joy ! And glean from GRANVILLE'S learned ftore Fair fcience and true wifdom's lore. Then will I ftill implore thy longer ftay, Nor change thy feftive hours for funfhine and the day.
Page 457 - In vain do you pull out your watch ; in vain remonstrate to him how late it is, or how rude it will be to make the ladies wait dinner : in vain...
Page 586 - I can therefore have but one inducement to defire your publication of this letter, which is, that my friends may know that I have gained that credit with a ftranger which they have refufed to give me, and that I am really and truly an -objecT: of companion.
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