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Page 7
... circumstances of my correspondent , whose let- ter I now insert , are so frequent , that I cannot want compassion so much as to forbear laying it before the town . There is something so mean and inhuman in a direct Smithfield bargain ...
... circumstances of my correspondent , whose let- ter I now insert , are so frequent , that I cannot want compassion so much as to forbear laying it before the town . There is something so mean and inhuman in a direct Smithfield bargain ...
Page 71
... circumstances as may produce in the reader at the same time both be- lief and astonishment . This is brought to pass in a well chosen fable , by the account of such things as have really happened , or at least of such things as have ...
... circumstances as may produce in the reader at the same time both be- lief and astonishment . This is brought to pass in a well chosen fable , by the account of such things as have really happened , or at least of such things as have ...
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... circumstances . The turbulent way of life which Hortensius was used to , made him reflect with much satisfaction on all the advantages of a sweet retreat one day ; and , among the rest , you will think it not improbable it might enter ...
... circumstances . The turbulent way of life which Hortensius was used to , made him reflect with much satisfaction on all the advantages of a sweet retreat one day ; and , among the rest , you will think it not improbable it might enter ...
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