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... character I have just received of him , that he is really good - natured , and on condition he shows it to no foreigner or stranger of sense , I have thought fit to reprieve his said great book of Crudities from the flames till farther ...
... character I have just received of him , that he is really good - natured , and on condition he shows it to no foreigner or stranger of sense , I have thought fit to reprieve his said great book of Crudities from the flames till farther ...
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... characters that could be given me by a man of worth . But as I have many things of more consequence to offer the ... character I have wrote in my Number III . In order to examine the justice and truth of this 26 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND ...
... characters that could be given me by a man of worth . But as I have many things of more consequence to offer the ... character I have wrote in my Number III . In order to examine the justice and truth of this 26 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND ...
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... character of Cretico ) , is , that he is a sour philoso- pher , crafty , but not wise . Few human characters can be drawn that will not fit somebody , in so large a country as this ; but one would think , sup- posing I meant Cretico a ...
... character of Cretico ) , is , that he is a sour philoso- pher , crafty , but not wise . Few human characters can be drawn that will not fit somebody , in so large a country as this ; but one would think , sup- posing I meant Cretico a ...
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... characters in America , why should a good man be offended with me for drawing good characters ? And if I draw ill ... character , would it not be ridiculous in me to say , he had defamed and scan- dalized me , unless he had added in a ...
... characters in America , why should a good man be offended with me for drawing good characters ? And if I draw ill ... character , would it not be ridiculous in me to say , he had defamed and scan- dalized me , unless he had added in a ...
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... character of any one is a refined manner of satire , that may be as injurious to him as the con- trary , by bringing on an examination that undresses the person ; and in the haste of doing it , he may happen to be stripped of what he ...
... character of any one is a refined manner of satire , that may be as injurious to him as the con- trary , by bringing on an examination that undresses the person ; and in the haste of doing it , he may happen to be stripped of what he ...
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