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... gentlemen , although they could not be insensible how much our language was already overstocked with monosyllables , yet , to save time and pains , introduced that barbarous custom of abbreviating words , to fit them to the measure of ...
... gentlemen , although they could not be insensible how much our language was already overstocked with monosyllables , yet , to save time and pains , introduced that barbarous custom of abbreviating words , to fit them to the measure of ...
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... Gentleman . I am , Sir , yours , & c . " The humour of the pamphlet is very evident , as is also the peculiar style of " that gentleman , " but some of the points are lost owing to our inability to fix the personal satire . The text of ...
... Gentleman . I am , Sir , yours , & c . " The humour of the pamphlet is very evident , as is also the peculiar style of " that gentleman , " but some of the points are lost owing to our inability to fix the personal satire . The text of ...
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... gentleman who first moved in it , I must needs say the motion was seasonable , and well became him : For , besides ... gentlemen of those two faculties ; and I am very much mistaken if the same person does not hereafter prove as much a ...
... gentleman who first moved in it , I must needs say the motion was seasonable , and well became him : For , besides ... gentlemen of those two faculties ; and I am very much mistaken if the same person does not hereafter prove as much a ...
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... gentleman ( with whom it is not usual to be so un- guarded ) who appeared an advocate for physicians , when the motion was first made , to thrust them from their place . He was pleased to call it a womanish debate , if I took him right ...
... gentleman ( with whom it is not usual to be so un- guarded ) who appeared an advocate for physicians , when the motion was first made , to thrust them from their place . He was pleased to call it a womanish debate , if I took him right ...
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... gentlemen have procured themselves titles , not as some have injuriously thought , that they might take place of their betters , but out of a sense of duty . And while some ( alas ! too many ) ignorantly despise them for their worthless ...
... gentlemen have procured themselves titles , not as some have injuriously thought , that they might take place of their betters , but out of a sense of duty . And while some ( alas ! too many ) ignorantly despise them for their worthless ...
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