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... perhaps less often in his profession than in others . To be humane , generous , and candid , is a very high degree of merit in any case ; but those qualities deserve still greater praise when they are found in that condition which makes ...
... perhaps less often in his profession than in others . To be humane , generous , and candid , is a very high degree of merit in any case ; but those qualities deserve still greater praise when they are found in that condition which makes ...
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... perhaps without suspecting for what reason their conduct was altered ; for he still continued to harass , with his nocturnal intrusions , those that yet countenanced him , and admitted him to their houses . But he did not spend all the ...
... perhaps without suspecting for what reason their conduct was altered ; for he still continued to harass , with his nocturnal intrusions , those that yet countenanced him , and admitted him to their houses . But he did not spend all the ...
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... perhaps the only topic we have left ? Who would ever have suspected Asgill for a wit , or Toland for a philosopher , if the inexhaustible stock of Christianity had not been at hand to provide them with materials ? What other subject ...
... perhaps the only topic we have left ? Who would ever have suspected Asgill for a wit , or Toland for a philosopher , if the inexhaustible stock of Christianity had not been at hand to provide them with materials ? What other subject ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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