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Page 141
... sufficiently testified their esteem , by terming the knowledge and practice of them , Scavoir vivre , the art of ... sufficient , without the supplemental laws of good breeding , to secure freedom from degenerating to rudeness , or ...
... sufficiently testified their esteem , by terming the knowledge and practice of them , Scavoir vivre , the art of ... sufficient , without the supplemental laws of good breeding , to secure freedom from degenerating to rudeness , or ...
Page 193
... sufficient for any great design , and therefore indulge ourselves in fortuitous amusements . We think it unnecessary to take an account of a few supernumerary moments which , however employed , could have produced little advantage , and ...
... sufficient for any great design , and therefore indulge ourselves in fortuitous amusements . We think it unnecessary to take an account of a few supernumerary moments which , however employed , could have produced little advantage , and ...
Page 206
... sufficient conviction , since every loss is more lamented than the loss of the divine favour , and every danger more dreaded than the danger of final condemnation . Retirement from the cares and pleasures of the world has been often ...
... sufficient conviction , since every loss is more lamented than the loss of the divine favour , and every danger more dreaded than the danger of final condemnation . Retirement from the cares and pleasures of the world has been often ...
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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