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Page 32
... hundred times ; and was in hopes , by my knowledge and industry , to gain enough to have recompensed me for my money expended , and time lost in the pursuit of this learning . You cannot be ignorant , sir , ( for your intimate second ...
... hundred times ; and was in hopes , by my knowledge and industry , to gain enough to have recompensed me for my money expended , and time lost in the pursuit of this learning . You cannot be ignorant , sir , ( for your intimate second ...
Page 34
... hundred different places , in hopes at last of meeting with some lucky hit , that shall at once sufficiently reward him for all his expense of time and labour . This odd humour of digging for money , through a belief that much has been ...
... hundred different places , in hopes at last of meeting with some lucky hit , that shall at once sufficiently reward him for all his expense of time and labour . This odd humour of digging for money , through a belief that much has been ...
Page 38
... hundred pounds a year ; and yet , before he had reached thirty , should , by follow- ing his own pleasures , and , not as you , duly re- garding consequences , have run out of his estate , and disabled his body to that degree , that he ...
... hundred pounds a year ; and yet , before he had reached thirty , should , by follow- ing his own pleasures , and , not as you , duly re- garding consequences , have run out of his estate , and disabled his body to that degree , that he ...
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... hundred pound weight to under- take to carry a heavier burthen ? " " I would have done good service to my uncle , " said Glaucon , " if he would have taken my advice . " " How , " replied Socrates , " have you not been able hitherto to ...
... hundred pound weight to under- take to carry a heavier burthen ? " " I would have done good service to my uncle , " said Glaucon , " if he would have taken my advice . " " How , " replied Socrates , " have you not been able hitherto to ...
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... hundreds of fishes have , in all their varieties , been robbed of life for my repast , and of the smaller fry as many thousands . " A measure of corn would hardly afford me fine : flour enough for a month's provision , and this arises ...
... hundreds of fishes have , in all their varieties , been robbed of life for my repast , and of the smaller fry as many thousands . " A measure of corn would hardly afford me fine : flour enough for a month's provision , and this arises ...
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