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Page 121
... fortune below the capacity of acting according to his natural temper , than to say of of him , That gen- tleman was generous ? My beloved author therefore has , in the sentence on the top of my paper , turned his eye with a certain ...
... fortune below the capacity of acting according to his natural temper , than to say of of him , That gen- tleman was generous ? My beloved author therefore has , in the sentence on the top of my paper , turned his eye with a certain ...
Page 122
... fortune without commerce , can possible support . For the citizen , above all other men , has opportunities of arriving at the highest fruit of wealth , to be liberal without the least expence of a man's own fortune . It is not to be ...
... fortune without commerce , can possible support . For the citizen , above all other men , has opportunities of arriving at the highest fruit of wealth , to be liberal without the least expence of a man's own fortune . It is not to be ...
Page 185
... fortune does not make the best use of his retire- ment , would be a conclusion extremely uncharitable . From what has , or will be said , I hope no consequence can be extorted , implying , that I would have any young fellow spend more ...
... fortune does not make the best use of his retire- ment , would be a conclusion extremely uncharitable . From what has , or will be said , I hope no consequence can be extorted , implying , that I would have any young fellow spend more ...
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