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Pagina 3
“ We shali never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause , if we can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue , ' and confidence to tru h . " - DR . JOHNSON . ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS .
“ We shali never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause , if we can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue , ' and confidence to tru h . " - DR . JOHNSON . ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS .
Pagina 6
Nothing does he think upon ; nothing can he know ; and Oh ! may he always keep that nothing to himself , and thereby he will never injure his neighbour . His behaviour , in mixed company , must appear in a truly singular light to the ...
Nothing does he think upon ; nothing can he know ; and Oh ! may he always keep that nothing to himself , and thereby he will never injure his neighbour . His behaviour , in mixed company , must appear in a truly singular light to the ...
Pagina 12
The dialogue is wholly satirical ; and this comedy was actually performed three nights successively , a piece of good fortune which never attended any Danish comedy before . The eleventh drama was Jacob of Tyboe , or the Bouncing ...
The dialogue is wholly satirical ; and this comedy was actually performed three nights successively , a piece of good fortune which never attended any Danish comedy before . The eleventh drama was Jacob of Tyboe , or the Bouncing ...
Pagina 16
He is always ready to aforesaid very intimate friend , he had perform a friendly act , and will never very soon the delight to drive some accept of a reward , for he finds his demirep from Bond - street into Ox- gratification in the ...
He is always ready to aforesaid very intimate friend , he had perform a friendly act , and will never very soon the delight to drive some accept of a reward , for he finds his demirep from Bond - street into Ox- gratification in the ...
Pagina 19
And doubtless , creatures of such profound wisdom as these men are , if we take their own word , would never attempt to assert any thing so positively , without being able to back it with the best of proofs .
And doubtless , creatures of such profound wisdom as these men are , if we take their own word , would never attempt to assert any thing so positively , without being able to back it with the best of proofs .
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