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... become fuddenly a very useful practitioner in phyfic . I have been , all my life furrounded with literature ; and , befides imbibing the effluvia of my books , be- ing always curious , and fometimes idle , I have frequently had recourse ...
... become fuddenly a very useful practitioner in phyfic . I have been , all my life furrounded with literature ; and , befides imbibing the effluvia of my books , be- ing always curious , and fometimes idle , I have frequently had recourse ...
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... become as eminent in the annals of literature , as that of DODSLEY OF RICHARDSON . L. ******* Thursday , March 29 , 1770 . No. 2 .. Non ufitata , nec tenui ferar Penna , biformis per liquidum æthera Vates ; neque in terris morabor ...
... become as eminent in the annals of literature , as that of DODSLEY OF RICHARDSON . L. ******* Thursday , March 29 , 1770 . No. 2 .. Non ufitata , nec tenui ferar Penna , biformis per liquidum æthera Vates ; neque in terris morabor ...
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... become old before her time , and is finking under the load of repining and defpair . A confirmed Ophthalmia , is probably her complaint , which makes it neceffary to exclude the light . For this her head has been blistered ; and this ...
... become old before her time , and is finking under the load of repining and defpair . A confirmed Ophthalmia , is probably her complaint , which makes it neceffary to exclude the light . For this her head has been blistered ; and this ...
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... become a nation of nuns , and every woman among us has taken the veil . The roguish Spartan legiflator , in order to get hufbands for the girls , indulged them in having their garments conveniently flit and opened , fo as to give the ...
... become a nation of nuns , and every woman among us has taken the veil . The roguish Spartan legiflator , in order to get hufbands for the girls , indulged them in having their garments conveniently flit and opened , fo as to give the ...
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... become an ad- vocate for my own fex . And I will be bold enough , in the first place , to affert and rely on it , that the face is a decent part , and has been ever so reputed and con- fidered in thefe dominions . That the word face has ...
... become an ad- vocate for my own fex . And I will be bold enough , in the first place , to affert and rely on it , that the face is a decent part , and has been ever so reputed and con- fidered in thefe dominions . That the word face has ...
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