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... means , furnish out a weekly entertainment for the public , that will give a rational diversion , and at the same time be in- structive to the readers , I shall think my leisure hours well employed : and if you publish this , I hereby ...
... means , furnish out a weekly entertainment for the public , that will give a rational diversion , and at the same time be in- structive to the readers , I shall think my leisure hours well employed : and if you publish this , I hereby ...
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... him , without putting his neighbours to the charge , perplexity , and uncertainty of law- suits . He always speaks the thing he means , which he is never afraid or ashamed to do , because 10 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETters ,
... him , without putting his neighbours to the charge , perplexity , and uncertainty of law- suits . He always speaks the thing he means , which he is never afraid or ashamed to do , because 10 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETters ,
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... means well ; and therefore is never obliged to blush , and feel the confusion of finding himself detected in the meanness of a falsehood . He never contrives ill against his neighbour , and , therefore , is never seen with a louring ...
... means well ; and therefore is never obliged to blush , and feel the confusion of finding himself detected in the meanness of a falsehood . He never contrives ill against his neighbour , and , therefore , is never seen with a louring ...
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... mean , submissive deportment of thy dependents , is ( like the worship paid by Indians to the devil ) rather through fear of the harm thou mayest do them , than out of grati- tude for the favours they have received of thee ? Thou art ...
... mean , submissive deportment of thy dependents , is ( like the worship paid by Indians to the devil ) rather through fear of the harm thou mayest do them , than out of grati- tude for the favours they have received of thee ? Thou art ...
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... mean no particular person , if they are not par- ticularly applied . Likewise , that the author is no party - man , but a general meddler . N. B. Cretico lives in a neighbouring province . THE BUSY - BODY .-- No . IV . From Tuesday ...
... mean no particular person , if they are not par- ticularly applied . Likewise , that the author is no party - man , but a general meddler . N. B. Cretico lives in a neighbouring province . THE BUSY - BODY .-- No . IV . From Tuesday ...
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