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Page 183
... neglected , mentioned with praises by their cotemporaries as the oracles of their age , and the legislators of science . Curiosity is naturally excited , their volumes after long inquiry are found , but seldom reward the labour of the ...
... neglected , mentioned with praises by their cotemporaries as the oracles of their age , and the legislators of science . Curiosity is naturally excited , their volumes after long inquiry are found , but seldom reward the labour of the ...
Page 185
... neglected ; we are contented to know that he conquered his opponents , without inquiring what cavils were produced against him , or by what proofs they were confuted . Some writers apply themselves to studies bound- less and ...
... neglected ; we are contented to know that he conquered his opponents , without inquiring what cavils were produced against him , or by what proofs they were confuted . Some writers apply themselves to studies bound- less and ...
Page 223
... neglected her own affairs I might suspect her of neglecting mine ; that the comb stood her in three halfcrowns ; that no servant should wrong her twice ; and that , indeed , she took the first opportunity of parting with Phillida ...
... neglected her own affairs I might suspect her of neglecting mine ; that the comb stood her in three halfcrowns ; that no servant should wrong her twice ; and that , indeed , she took the first opportunity of parting with Phillida ...
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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