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Page 105
... honour'd , snatch'd in manhood's prime B ' unequal fates , and Providence's crime ; Yet not before the goal of honour won , 835 All parts fulfill'd of subject and of son : Swift was the race , but short the time to run . O narrow circle ...
... honour'd , snatch'd in manhood's prime B ' unequal fates , and Providence's crime ; Yet not before the goal of honour won , 835 All parts fulfill'd of subject and of son : Swift was the race , but short the time to run . O narrow circle ...
Page 143
... honour ordered one of his to set him to hard work , after which he would infallibly come to himself . To this I was silent , out of partiality to my own kind ; yet here I could plainly discover the true seeds of spleen , which only ...
... honour ordered one of his to set him to hard work , after which he would infallibly come to himself . To this I was silent , out of partiality to my own kind ; yet here I could plainly discover the true seeds of spleen , which only ...
Page 455
... honour , pre- determined the choice of his profession , and 1o ferred before the head of a commercial firm , may affect ( to all appearance exclusively ) his the reason must lie deeper than in the measure- daily conduct in it ; but our ...
... honour , pre- determined the choice of his profession , and 1o ferred before the head of a commercial firm , may affect ( to all appearance exclusively ) his the reason must lie deeper than in the measure- daily conduct in it ; but our ...
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