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Page 78
... friends seem not to have found ; they therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell literature to all comers at an open shop ; he was a chamber - milliner , and measured his commodities only to his friends . Philips , evidently ...
... friends seem not to have found ; they therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell literature to all comers at an open shop ; he was a chamber - milliner , and measured his commodities only to his friends . Philips , evidently ...
Page 343
... friends . I hope to send you thirty guineas between Michaelmas and Christmas , of which I will give you an account ... friends to me amongst my enemies , though they who ought to have been my friends are negligent of me . I am called to ...
... friends . I hope to send you thirty guineas between Michaelmas and Christmas , of which I will give you an account ... friends to me amongst my enemies , though they who ought to have been my friends are negligent of me . I am called to ...
Page 353
... friends , and those so truly valuable , must have just and noble ideas of the passion of friendship , in the success of which consisted the greatest , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth ...
... friends , and those so truly valuable , must have just and noble ideas of the passion of friendship , in the success of which consisted the greatest , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth ...
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