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... , to say any thing to my own disadvan- tage . It is very common with authors in their first per- formances , to talk to their readers thus : " If this . meets with a suitable reception , or , if this MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 5.
... , to say any thing to my own disadvan- tage . It is very common with authors in their first per- formances , to talk to their readers thus : " If this . meets with a suitable reception , or , if this MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 5.
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... common objects of popular dislike . If I can now and then overcome my reluctance , and prevail with myself to satirize a little one of these gentlemen , the expectation of meeting with such a gratification will induce many to read me ...
... common objects of popular dislike . If I can now and then overcome my reluctance , and prevail with myself to satirize a little one of these gentlemen , the expectation of meeting with such a gratification will induce many to read me ...
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... common occurrences of life , as well as in a battle . How many imperti- nencies do we daily suffer with great uneasiness , because we have not courage enough to discover our dislike ! And why may not a man use the boldness and freedom ...
... common occurrences of life , as well as in a battle . How many imperti- nencies do we daily suffer with great uneasiness , because we have not courage enough to discover our dislike ! And why may not a man use the boldness and freedom ...
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... common in the world , of pressing those to stay longer with you , whom perhaps in your heart you wish a great way off for having troubled you so long already . " Thus far my author . For my own part , I have taken such a fancy to this ...
... common in the world , of pressing those to stay longer with you , whom perhaps in your heart you wish a great way off for having troubled you so long already . " Thus far my author . For my own part , I have taken such a fancy to this ...
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... common justice , and , in some cases , so far below all these , as to be inhuman ; as a blaster of repu- tations ; as attempting , by a pretence , to screen myself from the imputation of malice and prejudice ; as using a weapon , which ...
... common justice , and , in some cases , so far below all these , as to be inhuman ; as a blaster of repu- tations ; as attempting , by a pretence , to screen myself from the imputation of malice and prejudice ; as using a weapon , which ...
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