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... France . Read him , imitate him , my young friends : you will find it the sure way to wealth , to honours , and to happiness . October , 1820 , ESSAYS AND LETTERS ON MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS . THE ADVERTISEMENT .
... France . Read him , imitate him , my young friends : you will find it the sure way to wealth , to honours , and to happiness . October , 1820 , ESSAYS AND LETTERS ON MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS . THE ADVERTISEMENT .
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... friends and neighbours in the same circumstances . However , let the fair sex be assured , that I shall always treat them and their affairs with the utmost decency and respect . I intend now and then to de- dicate a chapter wholly to ...
... friends and neighbours in the same circumstances . However , let the fair sex be assured , that I shall always treat them and their affairs with the utmost decency and respect . I intend now and then to de- dicate a chapter wholly to ...
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... him give public notice where any dull stupid rogues may get a quart of four - penny for being laughed at ; but it is barbarously unhandsome , when friends meet for the benefit of conversation , and a MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL .
... him give public notice where any dull stupid rogues may get a quart of four - penny for being laughed at ; but it is barbarously unhandsome , when friends meet for the benefit of conversation , and a MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL .
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... friends , than in being admired himself : and if any one of the company is so unfortunate as to be touched a little too nearly , he will make use of some in- genious artifice to turn the edge of ridicule another way , choosing rather to ...
... friends , than in being admired himself : and if any one of the company is so unfortunate as to be touched a little too nearly , he will make use of some in- genious artifice to turn the edge of ridicule another way , choosing rather to ...
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... friendship , his humility , his ho nesty and sincerity , his moderation and his loyalty to the government , his piety , his temperance , his love to mankind , his magnanimity , his public spi- ritedness , and , in fine , his consummate ...
... friendship , his humility , his ho nesty and sincerity , his moderation and his loyalty to the government , his piety , his temperance , his love to mankind , his magnanimity , his public spi- ritedness , and , in fine , his consummate ...
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