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Page 12
... friend : neglect those musty authors ; let them be covered with dust , and moulder on their proper shelves ; and do thou apply thyself to a study much more profitable the knowledge of mankind and of thyself . This is to give notice ...
... friend : neglect those musty authors ; let them be covered with dust , and moulder on their proper shelves ; and do thou apply thyself to a study much more profitable the knowledge of mankind and of thyself . This is to give notice ...
Page 13
... friends , and improving the taste of the town . And because I would encourage all wit of our own growth and pro- duce , I hereby promise , that whoever shall send me a little essay on some moral or other subject , that is fit for public ...
... friends , and improving the taste of the town . And because I would encourage all wit of our own growth and pro- duce , I hereby promise , that whoever shall send me a little essay on some moral or other subject , that is fit for public ...
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... friend . Now I cannot do the least thing in the world , but she must know about it ; and it is a wonder I have found an opportunity to write you this letter . My misfortune is , that I respect her very well , and know not how to ...
... friend . Now I cannot do the least thing in the world , but she must know about it ; and it is a wonder I have found an opportunity to write you this letter . My misfortune is , that I respect her very well , and know not how to ...
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... friend takes up the stuff , and cries , " Oh ! thou little wicked mischievous rogue ! But , however , it has done no great damage ; it is only wet a little ; " and so puts it up upon the shelf again . Sometimes they get to my cask of ...
... friend takes up the stuff , and cries , " Oh ! thou little wicked mischievous rogue ! But , however , it has done no great damage ; it is only wet a little ; " and so puts it up upon the shelf again . Sometimes they get to my cask of ...
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... friends that their long visits sometimes incommode him ? On this occa- sion , it may be entertaining to some of my readers , if I acquaint them with the Turkish manner of enter- taining visitors , which I have from an author of un ...
... friends that their long visits sometimes incommode him ? On this occa- sion , it may be entertaining to some of my readers , if I acquaint them with the Turkish manner of enter- taining visitors , which I have from an author of un ...
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