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British essayists Alexander Chalmers. THE TATLER . No. 106. TUESDAY , DECEMBER 13 , 1709 . Invenies disjecti membra poëtæ . HOR . SAT . i . 4. 62 . You will find the limbs of a dismember'd poet . WILL'S COFFEE - HOUSE , DEC . 12 . 6 I ...
British essayists Alexander Chalmers. THE TATLER . No. 106. TUESDAY , DECEMBER 13 , 1709 . Invenies disjecti membra poëtæ . HOR . SAT . i . 4. 62 . You will find the limbs of a dismember'd poet . WILL'S COFFEE - HOUSE , DEC . 12 . 6 I ...
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... So as poesy serveth and conferreth to delectation , magnanimity , and morality ; and , there- fore , it may seem deservedly to have some partici pation of divineness , because it doth raise the mind c 3 NO . 108 . 17 TATLER .
... So as poesy serveth and conferreth to delectation , magnanimity , and morality ; and , there- fore , it may seem deservedly to have some partici pation of divineness , because it doth raise the mind c 3 NO . 108 . 17 TATLER .
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... Another knows how to write a receipt , or cut up a dog , and forthwith argues against the immortality of the soul . I have known many a little wit , in the ostentation of his parts , rally the truth NO . 111 . 31 TATLER .
... Another knows how to write a receipt , or cut up a dog , and forthwith argues against the immortality of the soul . I have known many a little wit , in the ostentation of his parts , rally the truth NO . 111 . 31 TATLER .
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... spare the life of a Tom - tit . These are at present the matters of greatest moment within my observation , and I know are too trifling to be communicated to any but so wise a man as yourself , and 36 NO . 112 . TATLER .
... spare the life of a Tom - tit . These are at present the matters of greatest moment within my observation , and I know are too trifling to be communicated to any but so wise a man as yourself , and 36 NO . 112 . TATLER .
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... books ; containing on the upper shelf , Three bottles of diet - drink . Two boxes of pills . A syringe , and other mathematical instruments . On the second shelf are several miscellaneous Lampoons . Plays E 3 NO . 113 . 41 TATLER .
... books ; containing on the upper shelf , Three bottles of diet - drink . Two boxes of pills . A syringe , and other mathematical instruments . On the second shelf are several miscellaneous Lampoons . Plays E 3 NO . 113 . 41 TATLER .
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