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... Folly of Cowardice and Inactivity . 130. The History of a Beauty . 131. Desire of Gain the general Passion . 132. The Difficulty of educating a young Nobleman . 133. The Miseries of a Beauty defaced . 134. Idleness an anxious and ...
... Folly of Cowardice and Inactivity . 130. The History of a Beauty . 131. Desire of Gain the general Passion . 132. The Difficulty of educating a young Nobleman . 133. The Miseries of a Beauty defaced . 134. Idleness an anxious and ...
Page 129
... Folly , impregnated by the wind . They advanced with equal confidence to seize the dominion of the new creation , and , as their enmity and their force were well known to the celestials , all the eyes of Heaven were turned upon the ...
... Folly , impregnated by the wind . They advanced with equal confidence to seize the dominion of the new creation , and , as their enmity and their force were well known to the celestials , all the eyes of Heaven were turned upon the ...
Page 310
... folly , if not the guilt of suicide ; there is a ridiculous perseverance in imprac- ticable schemes , which is justly punished with igno- miny and reproach . But in the wide regions of pro- bability , which are the proper province of ...
... folly , if not the guilt of suicide ; there is a ridiculous perseverance in imprac- ticable schemes , which is justly punished with igno- miny and reproach . But in the wide regions of pro- bability , which are the proper province of ...
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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