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... Receptacle for Persons out of their Wits 126. Characters of a Prude and Coquette- Story of the Gascon and the Widow 127. On Pride as affecting the Reason ...... No. 128. Letter from a Fortune - hunter - From vi CONTENTS .
... Receptacle for Persons out of their Wits 126. Characters of a Prude and Coquette- Story of the Gascon and the Widow 127. On Pride as affecting the Reason ...... No. 128. Letter from a Fortune - hunter - From vi CONTENTS .
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British essayists Alexander Chalmers. No. 128. Letter from a Fortune - hunter - From a deserted Female ........ 129. Dutch satirical Pictures — Letter from Pasquin at Rome ........................ .. 130. Superiority of Great Britain in ...
British essayists Alexander Chalmers. No. 128. Letter from a Fortune - hunter - From a deserted Female ........ 129. Dutch satirical Pictures — Letter from Pasquin at Rome ........................ .. 130. Superiority of Great Britain in ...
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... fortunes according to desert , and according to the law of Providence : because true history , through the frequent satiety and similitude of things , works a distate and misprision in the mind of man ; poesy cheareth and refresheth the ...
... fortunes according to desert , and according to the law of Providence : because true history , through the frequent satiety and similitude of things , works a distate and misprision in the mind of man ; poesy cheareth and refresheth the ...
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... fortune .'- You understand it aright , ' said she ; and we become friends , as soon as we are convinced that our dislike to each other may be of any consequence : for , to tell you truly , ' said she , for it is in vain to hide any ...
... fortune .'- You understand it aright , ' said she ; and we become friends , as soon as we are convinced that our dislike to each other may be of any consequence : for , to tell you truly , ' said she , for it is in vain to hide any ...
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... fortune and power that I was never born to . There is nothing in particular in which I so much rejoice as the de- liverance of good and generous spirits out of dangers , difficulties , and distresses . And because the world does not ...
... fortune and power that I was never born to . There is nothing in particular in which I so much rejoice as the de- liverance of good and generous spirits out of dangers , difficulties , and distresses . And because the world does not ...
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