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Page 2
... tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things , and rejecting others ...
... tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things , and rejecting others ...
Page 71
... tell what they do not know to be true , only to excuse an act which no wise man will consider as in itself disgrace- ful . His father was alive ; his allowance was not ample ; and he supplied its deficiencies by an honest and useful ...
... tell what they do not know to be true , only to excuse an act which no wise man will consider as in itself disgrace- ful . His father was alive ; his allowance was not ample ; and he supplied its deficiencies by an honest and useful ...
Page 396
... tell you how much a man of his turn entertained me ; but I must acquaint you , there is a vivacity and gaiety of disposition , almost peculiar to him , which make it im- possible to part from him without that uneasiness which generally ...
... tell you how much a man of his turn entertained me ; but I must acquaint you , there is a vivacity and gaiety of disposition , almost peculiar to him , which make it im- possible to part from him without that uneasiness which generally ...
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