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... friends seem not to have found ; they therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell literature to all comers at an open shop ; he was a chamber - milliner , and measured his commodities only to his friends . Philips , evidently ...
... friends seem not to have found ; they therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell literature to all comers at an open shop ; he was a chamber - milliner , and measured his commodities only to his friends . Philips , evidently ...
Page 353
... friends , and those so truly valuable , must have just and noble ideas of the passion of friendship , in the success of which consisted the greatest , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth ...
... friends , and those so truly valuable , must have just and noble ideas of the passion of friendship , in the success of which consisted the greatest , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth ...
Page 435
... friends . Now , since the love of one's country is the love of one's countrymen , as I have shewn upon another ... friends or our enemies ? And of our friends , which are the dearest to us ? those who are related to us , or those ...
... friends . Now , since the love of one's country is the love of one's countrymen , as I have shewn upon another ... friends or our enemies ? And of our friends , which are the dearest to us ? those who are related to us , or those ...
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