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... equal diversity in the dispositions and manners of mankind ; whence it comes to pass , that as many monstrous absurd productions are found in the moral as in the intellectual world . How surprising is it to observe , among the least ...
... equal diversity in the dispositions and manners of mankind ; whence it comes to pass , that as many monstrous absurd productions are found in the moral as in the intellectual world . How surprising is it to observe , among the least ...
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... equal skill , but not equal happiness . When the ministers of Queen Anne were negociating with France , Tickell published " The Prospect of Peace , " a poem of which the tendency was to reclaim the nation from 72 TICKELL . TICKELL.
... equal skill , but not equal happiness . When the ministers of Queen Anne were negociating with France , Tickell published " The Prospect of Peace , " a poem of which the tendency was to reclaim the nation from 72 TICKELL . TICKELL.
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... equal patience ; but to which it must likewise be con- fessed , that few would have been exposed who received punc- tually fifty pounds a year ; a salary which , though by no means equal to the demands of vanity and luxury , SAVAGE . 133.
... equal patience ; but to which it must likewise be con- fessed , that few would have been exposed who received punc- tually fifty pounds a year ; a salary which , though by no means equal to the demands of vanity and luxury , SAVAGE . 133.
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