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... regard the more for that it comes from one of the fair sex , and because I have myself oftentimes suffered under the grievance therein com plained of . SIR , To the Busy - Body , You having 14 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... regard the more for that it comes from one of the fair sex , and because I have myself oftentimes suffered under the grievance therein com plained of . SIR , To the Busy - Body , You having 14 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
Page 15
... suffer from want of manners in some people . You must know , I am a single woman , and keep a shop in this town for a livelihood . There is a certain neighbour of mine , who is really agreeable company enough , and with whom I have had ...
... suffer from want of manners in some people . You must know , I am a single woman , and keep a shop in this town for a livelihood . There is a certain neighbour of mine , who is really agreeable company enough , and with whom I have had ...
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... suffer with great uneasiness , because we have not courage enough to discover our dislike ! And why may not a man use the boldness and freedom of telling his friends that their long visits sometimes incommode him ? On this occa- sion ...
... suffer with great uneasiness , because we have not courage enough to discover our dislike ! And why may not a man use the boldness and freedom of telling his friends that their long visits sometimes incommode him ? On this occa- sion ...
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... suffered , and do still suffer ; I hereby graciously pass an act of general oblivion for all offences , crimes , and misdemeanors of what kind soever , committed from the beginning of the year 1681 until the day of the date of my first ...
... suffered , and do still suffer ; I hereby graciously pass an act of general oblivion for all offences , crimes , and misdemeanors of what kind soever , committed from the beginning of the year 1681 until the day of the date of my first ...
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... suffered ? It cannot promote health , nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the person ; it creates envy , it hastens misfortune . " But what madness must it be to run in debt for these superfluities ! We are offered , by the ...
... suffered ? It cannot promote health , nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the person ; it creates envy , it hastens misfortune . " But what madness must it be to run in debt for these superfluities ! We are offered , by the ...
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