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Pagina 4
In the mean time , when I confider how much I have seen , read , and heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; " and fince I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in fpeech , I am refolved to do it ...
In the mean time , when I confider how much I have seen , read , and heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; " and fince I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in fpeech , I am refolved to do it ...
Pagina 8
I have heard him prove , that diligence makes more lasting acquifitions than valour , and that floth has ruined more nations than the fword . He abounds in feveral frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , A penny faved ...
I have heard him prove , that diligence makes more lasting acquifitions than valour , and that floth has ruined more nations than the fword . He abounds in feveral frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , A penny faved ...
Pagina 11
This revived in my memory the many difcourfes which I had both read and heard concerning the decay of public credit , with the methods of restoring it , and which , in my opinion , have always been defective , because they have always ...
This revived in my memory the many difcourfes which I had both read and heard concerning the decay of public credit , with the methods of restoring it , and which , in my opinion , have always been defective , because they have always ...
Pagina 12
... and , whether it was from the delicacy of her conftitution , or that he was troubled with vapours , as I was afterwards told by one who I found was none of her well - wishers , the changed colour , and startled at every fhe heard .
... and , whether it was from the delicacy of her conftitution , or that he was troubled with vapours , as I was afterwards told by one who I found was none of her well - wishers , the changed colour , and startled at every fhe heard .
Pagina 20
This project , as I have fince heard , is poftponed till the fummer - feafon ; when it is thought the coolnefs that proceeds from fountains and cascades will be more acceptable and refreshing to people of quality .
This project , as I have fince heard , is poftponed till the fummer - feafon ; when it is thought the coolnefs that proceeds from fountains and cascades will be more acceptable and refreshing to people of quality .
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