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Page 129
... to retire . Falsehood always endeavoured to copy the mien and attitudes of Truth , and was very successful in the arts of mimicry . She was surrounded , animated 96 . 129 RAMBLER . The Folly of Cowardice and Inactivity.
... to retire . Falsehood always endeavoured to copy the mien and attitudes of Truth , and was very successful in the arts of mimicry . She was surrounded , animated 96 . 129 RAMBLER . The Folly of Cowardice and Inactivity.
Page 201
... endeavoured in every place to force themselves to my notice ; and invited by a thousand oblique soli- citations my attendance to the playhouse , and my salutations in the park . I was now happy to the utmost extent of my conception ; I ...
... endeavoured in every place to force themselves to my notice ; and invited by a thousand oblique soli- citations my attendance to the playhouse , and my salutations in the park . I was now happy to the utmost extent of my conception ; I ...
Page 279
... endeavoured to be thought a gentleman just returned from his travels , and was pleased to have my land- lord believe that I was in some danger from impor- tunate creditors ; but this scheme was quickly de- feated by a formal deputation ...
... endeavoured to be thought a gentleman just returned from his travels , and was pleased to have my land- lord believe that I was in some danger from impor- tunate creditors ; but this scheme was quickly de- feated by a formal deputation ...
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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