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... present period , will necessarily turn our attention towards the author of it , and when virtuous principles have been pretended in it , it will be highly important to shew that such have really influ- enced ; and , as your own ...
... present period , will necessarily turn our attention towards the author of it , and when virtuous principles have been pretended in it , it will be highly important to shew that such have really influ- enced ; and , as your own ...
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... present , I must make the usual excuse in such Cases , of being in haste , assuring you that I speak from my Heart when I call my self , The most humble and obedient of all the Servants your Merits have acquir'd , SILENCE DOGOOD Those ...
... present , I must make the usual excuse in such Cases , of being in haste , assuring you that I speak from my Heart when I call my self , The most humble and obedient of all the Servants your Merits have acquir'd , SILENCE DOGOOD Those ...
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... present from Your Friendly Wellwisher , Ephraim Censorious . AFTER Thanks to my Correspondent for his Kindness in cutting out Work for me , I must assure him , that I find it a very difficult Matter to reprove Women separate from the ...
... present from Your Friendly Wellwisher , Ephraim Censorious . AFTER Thanks to my Correspondent for his Kindness in cutting out Work for me , I must assure him , that I find it a very difficult Matter to reprove Women separate from the ...
Contents
DOGOOD PAPERS | 184 |
PREFACE TO POOR RICHARDS ALMANACK 1733 | 198 |
PREFACE TO POOR RICHARDS ALMANACK 1758 | 205 |
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