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Page 114
... mention is therefore made of a philosophical friend , or a pleasant companion . The seriousness does not arise from any participation of calamity , nor the gaiety from the pleasures of the bottle . The man of chearfulness , having ...
... mention is therefore made of a philosophical friend , or a pleasant companion . The seriousness does not arise from any participation of calamity , nor the gaiety from the pleasures of the bottle . The man of chearfulness , having ...
Page 130
... mention , because they are easily remarked , and generally censured , and at last bear so little proportion to the whole , that they scarcely deserve the attention of a critick . Such are the faults of that wonderful performance ...
... mention , because they are easily remarked , and generally censured , and at last bear so little proportion to the whole , that they scarcely deserve the attention of a critick . Such are the faults of that wonderful performance ...
Page 281
... mentions his enemies . He degrades his own dignity by shewing that he was affected by their censures , and gives ... mention in the preface of his Fables . To the censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admoni- tions ...
... mentions his enemies . He degrades his own dignity by shewing that he was affected by their censures , and gives ... mention in the preface of his Fables . To the censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admoni- tions ...
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