Essays and LettersJohn Sharpe, 1820 - 340 Seiten |
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... opinion . The general tendency there is among us to this embel- lishment , ( which I fear has too often grossly imposed upon my loving countrymen instead of wit ) and the applause it meets with from a rising generation , fill me with ...
... opinion . The general tendency there is among us to this embel- lishment , ( which I fear has too often grossly imposed upon my loving countrymen instead of wit ) and the applause it meets with from a rising generation , fill me with ...
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... met men of the most note in this place ; Cato had business with some of them , and knocked at the door . The most trifling actions of a man , in my opinion , B 2 MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . * 9 * THE BUSY-BODY.-No. III. ...
... met men of the most note in this place ; Cato had business with some of them , and knocked at the door . The most trifling actions of a man , in my opinion , B 2 MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . * 9 * THE BUSY-BODY.-No. III. ...
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Benjamin Franklin. trifling actions of a man , in my opinion , as well as the smallest features and lineaments of the face , give a nice observer some notion of his mind . Me- thought he rapped in such a peculiar manner , as seemed of ...
Benjamin Franklin. trifling actions of a man , in my opinion , as well as the smallest features and lineaments of the face , give a nice observer some notion of his mind . Me- thought he rapped in such a peculiar manner , as seemed of ...
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... opinion , it is safest for most people , in a general way , who are unwilling to disoblige , to visit seldom , and tarry but a little while in a place - not- withstanding pressing invitations , which are many times insincere : and ...
... opinion , it is safest for most people , in a general way , who are unwilling to disoblige , to visit seldom , and tarry but a little while in a place - not- withstanding pressing invitations , which are many times insincere : and ...
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... opinion of the thing wrote . This un- generous way of proceeding I was well aware of before I published my first speculation ; and there- fore concealed my name : and I appeal to the more generous part of the world , if I have , since I ...
... opinion of the thing wrote . This un- generous way of proceeding I was well aware of before I published my first speculation ; and there- fore concealed my name : and I appeal to the more generous part of the world , if I have , since I ...
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