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... kind of censor morum ; purposing , with your al- lowance , to make use of the Weekly Mercury as a vehicle , in which my remonstrances shall be con- veyed to the world . I am sensible I have , in this particular , under- taken a very ...
... kind of censor morum ; purposing , with your al- lowance , to make use of the Weekly Mercury as a vehicle , in which my remonstrances shall be con- veyed to the world . I am sensible I have , in this particular , under- taken a very ...
Page 6
... kind ; and conclude with telling you , that if you send me a bottle of ink and a quire of paper by the bearer , you may depend on hearing farther from , Sir , Your most humble servant , THE BUSY - BODY . THE BUSY - BODY . - No . II ...
... kind ; and conclude with telling you , that if you send me a bottle of ink and a quire of paper by the bearer , you may depend on hearing farther from , Sir , Your most humble servant , THE BUSY - BODY . THE BUSY - BODY . - No . II ...
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... kind of veneration . His aspect is sweetened with hu- manity and benevolence , and at the same time em- boldened with resolution , equally free from diffident bashfulness and an unbecoming assurance . The consciousness of his own innate ...
... kind of veneration . His aspect is sweetened with hu- manity and benevolence , and at the same time em- boldened with resolution , equally free from diffident bashfulness and an unbecoming assurance . The consciousness of his own innate ...
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... kind . But as I know the mob hate instruction , and the generality would never read beyond the first line of my lectures , if they were actually filled with nothing but whole- some precepts and advice , I must therefore some > times ...
... kind . But as I know the mob hate instruction , and the generality would never read beyond the first line of my lectures , if they were actually filled with nothing but whole- some precepts and advice , I must therefore some > times ...
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... kind as to have moderated her visits to ten times a day , and stayed but half an hour at a time , I should have been contented , and I believe never have given you this trouble . But this very morning they have so tormented me that I ...
... kind as to have moderated her visits to ten times a day , and stayed but half an hour at a time , I should have been contented , and I believe never have given you this trouble . But this very morning they have so tormented me that I ...
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