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Pagina 12
... thefe eloquent drops may no more be lavished on trifles , or employed as fervants to their wayward wills ; but referved for ferious occafions in life , to adorn ge- nerous pity , true penitence , or real forrow . T No 253 I am , & c ...
... thefe eloquent drops may no more be lavished on trifles , or employed as fervants to their wayward wills ; but referved for ferious occafions in life , to adorn ge- nerous pity , true penitence , or real forrow . T No 253 I am , & c ...
Pagina 15
... Thefe Equal Syllables alone require , Tho ' oft the ear the open vowels tire , While expletives their feeble aid do join , And ten low words oft creep in one dull line . The gaping of the vowels in the second line , the exple- tive do ...
... Thefe Equal Syllables alone require , Tho ' oft the ear the open vowels tire , While expletives their feeble aid do join , And ten low words oft creep in one dull line . The gaping of the vowels in the second line , the exple- tive do ...
Pagina 17
... thefe whimfies , and come to town in order " to live and talk like other mortals . However , as I am extremely interested in your reputation , I would willing- ⚫ly give you a little good advice at your firft appearance under the ...
... thefe whimfies , and come to town in order " to live and talk like other mortals . However , as I am extremely interested in your reputation , I would willing- ⚫ly give you a little good advice at your firft appearance under the ...
Pagina 20
... thefe and the like great actions , would only influence virtuous minds ; there would be but small improvements in the world , were there not fome common principle of action work- ing equally with all men . And fuch a principle is ambi ...
... thefe and the like great actions , would only influence virtuous minds ; there would be but small improvements in the world , were there not fome common principle of action work- ing equally with all men . And fuch a principle is ambi ...
Pagina 25
... thefe little fpots and fullies in its reputation ; but if by a miftaken purfuit after fame , or through human infir- mity , any falfe ftep be made in the more momentous concerns of life , the whole fcheme of ambitious defigns is broken ...
... thefe little fpots and fullies in its reputation ; but if by a miftaken purfuit after fame , or through human infir- mity , any falfe ftep be made in the more momentous concerns of life , the whole fcheme of ambitious defigns is broken ...
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