The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 42R. Baldwin, 1773 |
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... seems not to rest on a permanent foundation . True nobility now confifts in fplendid titles , gay equipages , and princely palaces . These vanities engrofs the attention of the great , and from them they court ap- plaufe . Expenfive ...
... seems not to rest on a permanent foundation . True nobility now confifts in fplendid titles , gay equipages , and princely palaces . These vanities engrofs the attention of the great , and from them they court ap- plaufe . Expenfive ...
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... seems , very dear . XXV . Epifle to David Garrick , Efq . By E. Lloyd , M. A. 4to . 2s . Richardfon and Urquhart . If this poet has prepared a play for the fage , he could not , we think , have fent a 41 worfe messenger than this poem ...
... seems , very dear . XXV . Epifle to David Garrick , Efq . By E. Lloyd , M. A. 4to . 2s . Richardfon and Urquhart . If this poet has prepared a play for the fage , he could not , we think , have fent a 41 worfe messenger than this poem ...
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... seems to be nearly in the fame predicament with the apparition of fpirits : every one talks of them , but few have feen them . QUESTION II . A young gentleman in my neigh- bourhood , whofe perfon is genteel , but who has no fortune ...
... seems to be nearly in the fame predicament with the apparition of fpirits : every one talks of them , but few have feen them . QUESTION II . A young gentleman in my neigh- bourhood , whofe perfon is genteel , but who has no fortune ...
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... seems sweet , but proves a glais of " bitters . " When Ign'rance enters , Folly is at hand ; " Learning is better far than houfe or land . " Let not your virtue trip , who trips may « ftumble , " And virtue is not virtue if the tumble ...
... seems sweet , but proves a glais of " bitters . " When Ign'rance enters , Folly is at hand ; " Learning is better far than houfe or land . " Let not your virtue trip , who trips may « ftumble , " And virtue is not virtue if the tumble ...
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... seem willing , and upon what terms ? Mr. Fairholme . They did , and the rate of intereft I understood five per cent . 4 : 3 Mr. Dickenson . --- --- witnefs , fir , if he is a new plantation ? Mr. Fairholme . is a new one . 104 --- I ...
... seem willing , and upon what terms ? Mr. Fairholme . They did , and the rate of intereft I understood five per cent . 4 : 3 Mr. Dickenson . --- --- witnefs , fir , if he is a new plantation ? Mr. Fairholme . is a new one . 104 --- I ...
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