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Page 52
... inclined to stop , and live upon my estate in literary leisure , but the sale of the Harleian collection shook my resolu- tion : I mortgaged my land and purchased thirty medals , which I could never find before . I have- at length ...
... inclined to stop , and live upon my estate in literary leisure , but the sale of the Harleian collection shook my resolu- tion : I mortgaged my land and purchased thirty medals , which I could never find before . I have- at length ...
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... inclined to believe , that this re- gard , which we unvoluntarily pay to the meanest relic of a man great and illustrious , is intended as an incitement to labour , and an encouragement to expect the same renown , if it be sought by the ...
... inclined to believe , that this re- gard , which we unvoluntarily pay to the meanest relic of a man great and illustrious , is intended as an incitement to labour , and an encouragement to expect the same renown , if it be sought by the ...
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... inclined to believe , that they who among us pass their lives in the cultivation of knowledge , or the acquisition of power , have very anxiously inquired what opinions prevail on the further banks of the Ganges , or invigorated any ...
... inclined to believe , that they who among us pass their lives in the cultivation of knowledge , or the acquisition of power , have very anxiously inquired what opinions prevail on the further banks of the Ganges , or invigorated any ...
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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