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... reason , and the strength of the argument be judged by that of the lungs . Among these witty gentlemen , let us take a view of Ridentius . What a contemptible figure does he make with his train of paltry admirers ! This wight shall give ...
... reason , and the strength of the argument be judged by that of the lungs . Among these witty gentlemen , let us take a view of Ridentius . What a contemptible figure does he make with his train of paltry admirers ! This wight shall give ...
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... reason to fear me . There are little follies in the behaviour of most men , which their best friends are too tender to ac- quaint them with : there are little vices and small crimes which the law has no regard to or remedy for : there ...
... reason to fear me . There are little follies in the behaviour of most men , which their best friends are too tender to ac- quaint them with : there are little vices and small crimes which the law has no regard to or remedy for : there ...
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... reason for my not making myself more known in the world . By virtue of this great gift of nature , second - sightedness , I do con- tinually see numbers of men , women , and children , of all ranks , and what they are doing , while 1 am ...
... reason for my not making myself more known in the world . By virtue of this great gift of nature , second - sightedness , I do con- tinually see numbers of men , women , and children , of all ranks , and what they are doing , while 1 am ...
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... reason ; much less may every little scribbler , that shall attack me , expect an answer from the Busy - Body . : The sum of the charge delivered against me , either directly or indirectly , in the said paper , is this not to mention the ...
... reason ; much less may every little scribbler , that shall attack me , expect an answer from the Busy - Body . : The sum of the charge delivered against me , either directly or indirectly , in the said paper , is this not to mention the ...
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... reason very much to over- balance in his favour those worst words , sour tem- pered , and cunning . Nay , my very ... reasons there given why I ought not to continue drawing characters , viz . Why should any man's picture be published ...
... reason very much to over- balance in his favour those worst words , sour tem- pered , and cunning . Nay , my very ... reasons there given why I ought not to continue drawing characters , viz . Why should any man's picture be published ...
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