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Pagina 16
... endeavour at the fame end with himself , the favour of a commander . He will , however , in his way of talk , excufe generals , for not difpofing according to mens defert , or inquiring into it : for , fays he , that great man who has a ...
... endeavour at the fame end with himself , the favour of a commander . He will , however , in his way of talk , excufe generals , for not difpofing according to mens defert , or inquiring into it : for , fays he , that great man who has a ...
Pagina 26
... endeavour at a ftyle and air fuitable to their un- derstanding . When I fay this , I must be understood to mean , that I fhall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . Difcourfe for their entertainment , is not to be debafed but ...
... endeavour at a ftyle and air fuitable to their un- derstanding . When I fay this , I must be understood to mean , that I fhall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . Difcourfe for their entertainment , is not to be debafed but ...
Pagina 46
... endeavour to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with morality , that my readers may , if poffible , both ways find their account in the fpeculation of the day . And to the end that their virtue and difcretion may not be fhort ...
... endeavour to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with morality , that my readers may , if poffible , both ways find their account in the fpeculation of the day . And to the end that their virtue and difcretion may not be fhort ...
Pagina 48
... endeavour to make an innocent , if not an improving entertainment , and by that means at least divert the minds of female readers from greater trifles . At the fame time , as I would fain give fome finishing touches to those which are ...
... endeavour to make an innocent , if not an improving entertainment , and by that means at least divert the minds of female readers from greater trifles . At the fame time , as I would fain give fome finishing touches to those which are ...
Pagina 56
... endeavour to establish to ourselves an interest in him who holds the reins of the whole creation in his hand , and moderates them after fuch a manner , that it is impoffible for one being to break loose upon another , without his ...
... endeavour to establish to ourselves an interest in him who holds the reins of the whole creation in his hand , and moderates them after fuch a manner , that it is impoffible for one being to break loose upon another , without his ...
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