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Page 30
... human face di- vine , ' it may be queftioned , whether himself was ever an eye - witness to them . The infcription further de- clares her to have been of the family of Jarvis , and gives colour to a fuppofition that fhe was either a ...
... human face di- vine , ' it may be queftioned , whether himself was ever an eye - witness to them . The infcription further de- clares her to have been of the family of Jarvis , and gives colour to a fuppofition that fhe was either a ...
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... human learning , leads us to fuppofe , that before the time of writing it , Johnson's scheme of taking in boarders had proved abortive , The latter , written in what year we know not , and inferted below , recom- mends both Johnson and ...
... human learning , leads us to fuppofe , that before the time of writing it , Johnson's scheme of taking in boarders had proved abortive , The latter , written in what year we know not , and inferted below , recom- mends both Johnson and ...
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... human life is expofed , and of which he had already had some expe- rience . The ftage holds forth temptations to men of genius , which many have been glad to embrace : the profits arifing from a tragedy , including the represen- tation ...
... human life is expofed , and of which he had already had some expe- rience . The ftage holds forth temptations to men of genius , which many have been glad to embrace : the profits arifing from a tragedy , including the represen- tation ...
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... humanity and propenfity to · relieve merit in diftrefs , will incline you to ferve the • poor man , without my adding any more to the trou- ble I have already given you , than affuring you that I am , with great truth , • Sir , Your ...
... humanity and propenfity to · relieve merit in diftrefs , will incline you to ferve the • poor man , without my adding any more to the trou- ble I have already given you , than affuring you that I am , with great truth , • Sir , Your ...
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... human liberty in oppofition to what is called Neceffity , than he was able to gather from the controverfy between Anthony Collins and his opponents , or that between Dr. Clarke and Leibnitz . He was therefore unable to defend what he ...
... human liberty in oppofition to what is called Neceffity , than he was able to gather from the controverfy between Anthony Collins and his opponents , or that between Dr. Clarke and Leibnitz . He was therefore unable to defend what he ...
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