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Page 113
... thought the controversy worthy of so much zeal , vehemence , and acrimony . There is , indeed , one prejudice , and only one , by which it may be doubted whether it is any dishonour to be sometimes misguided . Criticism has so often ...
... thought the controversy worthy of so much zeal , vehemence , and acrimony . There is , indeed , one prejudice , and only one , by which it may be doubted whether it is any dishonour to be sometimes misguided . Criticism has so often ...
Page 199
... thought herself entitled to the su- perintendance of her son's education : and when my father , at the instigation of the parson , faintly pro- posed that I should be sent to school , very positively told him that she would not suffer ...
... thought herself entitled to the su- perintendance of her son's education : and when my father , at the instigation of the parson , faintly pro- posed that I should be sent to school , very positively told him that she would not suffer ...
Page 314
... thought nothing but beauty worthy of her care ; and her maternal kindness was chiefly exercised in contrivances to protect me from any accident that might deface me with a scar , or stain me with a freckle ; she never thought me ...
... thought nothing but beauty worthy of her care ; and her maternal kindness was chiefly exercised in contrivances to protect me from any accident that might deface me with a scar , or stain me with a freckle ; she never thought me ...
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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