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Pagina 10
... and to know the true intrinsic value of the phrase in fashion ; and would hardly at first believe at what a low rate the highest strains and expressions of kindness imaginable do commonly pass in current payment ; and when he should ...
... and to know the true intrinsic value of the phrase in fashion ; and would hardly at first believe at what a low rate the highest strains and expressions of kindness imaginable do commonly pass in current payment ; and when he should ...
Pagina 13
... and declining ease : Next , call the pleader from his learned strife , To the calm blessings of a country life : And , with these separate demands dismiss Each suppliant to enjoy the promis'd bliss ; Don't you believe they'd run ?
... and declining ease : Next , call the pleader from his learned strife , To the calm blessings of a country life : And , with these separate demands dismiss Each suppliant to enjoy the promis'd bliss ; Don't you believe they'd run ?
Pagina 15
It happened very luckily that one who stood by me had just before thrown down his visage , which it seems was too long for him . It was indeed extended to a most shameful length ; I believe the very chin was , modestly speaking ...
It happened very luckily that one who stood by me had just before thrown down his visage , which it seems was too long for him . It was indeed extended to a most shameful length ; I believe the very chin was , modestly speaking ...
Pagina 21
... for we all agree with you , that there is not a more remarkable accident recorded in history , since that which happened to the son of Croesus ; nay , I believe you might have gone higher , and have added Balaam's ass .
... for we all agree with you , that there is not a more remarkable accident recorded in history , since that which happened to the son of Croesus ; nay , I believe you might have gone higher , and have added Balaam's ass .
Pagina 28
-Magni nominis umbra . LUCAN , 1. i . ver . 135 . The shadow of a mighty name . SHALL entertain my readers with two very curious letters . The first of them comes from a chimerical person , who I believe never writ to any body before .
-Magni nominis umbra . LUCAN , 1. i . ver . 135 . The shadow of a mighty name . SHALL entertain my readers with two very curious letters . The first of them comes from a chimerical person , who I believe never writ to any body before .
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