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Page 164
... able to extricate , generally suffered so many shocks , upon the points which shot out from the rocks of Pleasure , that they were un- able to continue their course with the same strength and facility as before , but floated along ...
... able to extricate , generally suffered so many shocks , upon the points which shot out from the rocks of Pleasure , that they were un- able to continue their course with the same strength and facility as before , but floated along ...
Page 188
... able to discover from them that any body has died sooner or been married later for counting time wrong ; and , therefore , I began to fancy , that there was great bustle with little con- sequence . " At last , two friends of my papa ...
... able to discover from them that any body has died sooner or been married later for counting time wrong ; and , therefore , I began to fancy , that there was great bustle with little con- sequence . " At last , two friends of my papa ...
Page 267
... able to comprehend what others discover , and to remember what others teach . Even those to whom Providence hath allotted greater strength of understanding can expect only to improve a single science . In every other part of learning ...
... able to comprehend what others discover , and to remember what others teach . Even those to whom Providence hath allotted greater strength of understanding can expect only to improve a single science . In every other part of learning ...
Contents
Peevishness equally wretched and offensivethe Character of Tetrica | 74 |
The World never known but by a Change of Fortune the History of Melissa | 75 |
The Arts by which bad Men are reconciled to them selves | 76 |
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