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... lives in a neighbouring province . THE BUSY - BODY .-- No . IV . From Tuesday , February 18 , to Tuesday , February 25 , 1728-9 . Ne quid nimis . In my first paper , I invited the learned and the in- genious to join with me in this ...
... lives in a neighbouring province . THE BUSY - BODY .-- No . IV . From Tuesday , February 18 , to Tuesday , February 25 , 1728-9 . Ne quid nimis . In my first paper , I invited the learned and the in- genious to join with me in this ...
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... lives of vicious men ; and to the end that certain persons may be a little eased of their fears , and relieved from the terrible palpitations they have lately felt and suffered , and do still suffer ; I hereby graciously pass an act of ...
... lives of vicious men ; and to the end that certain persons may be a little eased of their fears , and relieved from the terrible palpitations they have lately felt and suffered , and do still suffer ; I hereby graciously pass an act of ...
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... live obscurely . I remem . ber the fate of my poor monkey : he had an ill- natured trick of grinning and chattering at every thing he saw in petticoats . My ignorant coun- try neighbours got a notion that pug snarled by instinct at ...
... live obscurely . I remem . ber the fate of my poor monkey : he had an ill- natured trick of grinning and chattering at every thing he saw in petticoats . My ignorant coun- try neighbours got a notion that pug snarled by instinct at ...
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... lives , or at least disordering themselves so as to be fit for no business beside for some days after ! Surely this is nothing less than the most egregious folly and madness . I shall conclude with the words of my discreet friend ...
... lives , or at least disordering themselves so as to be fit for no business beside for some days after ! Surely this is nothing less than the most egregious folly and madness . I shall conclude with the words of my discreet friend ...
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... live , we are obliged by reason to take as much care for our fu- ture as our present happiness , and not to build one upon the ruins of the other : but if , through the strength and power of a present passion , and through want of ...
... live , we are obliged by reason to take as much care for our fu- ture as our present happiness , and not to build one upon the ruins of the other : but if , through the strength and power of a present passion , and through want of ...
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