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... perhaps I may sometimes talk politics and if I can , by any 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 ...
... perhaps I may sometimes talk politics and if I can , by any 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 ...
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... perhaps it may not be a pin matter whether they ever do or no . As I have not observed the critics to be more favourable on this account , I shall always avoid saying any thing of the kind ; and conclude with telling you , that if you ...
... perhaps it may not be a pin matter whether they ever do or no . As I have not observed the critics to be more favourable on this account , I shall always avoid saying any thing of the kind ; and conclude with telling you , that if you ...
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... perhaps must pay an equal share of the reckoning with himself . If such a fellow makes laughing the sole end and purpose of his life , if it is necessary to his constitution , or if he has a great desire of growing suddenly fat , let ...
... perhaps must pay an equal share of the reckoning with himself . If such a fellow makes laughing the sole end and purpose of his life , if it is necessary to his constitution , or if he has a great desire of growing suddenly fat , let ...
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... perhaps , of seven days growth ; his shoes thick and heavy ; and every part of his dress corresponding . Why was this man re- ceived with such concurring respect from every per- son in the room , even from those who had never known him ...
... perhaps , of seven days growth ; his shoes thick and heavy ; and every part of his dress corresponding . Why was this man re- ceived with such concurring respect from every per- son in the room , even from those who had never known him ...
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... , either in my room or shop , if I have ever so many customers or people with me about busi- ness . Sometimes they pull the goods off my low shelves down to the ground , and perhaps where one MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 15 SIR, ...
... , either in my room or shop , if I have ever so many customers or people with me about busi- ness . Sometimes they pull the goods off my low shelves down to the ground , and perhaps where one MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 15 SIR, ...
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