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Page xxv
... fure it is , that in proportion to those talents , which he is allowed to have poffefsed in the most eminent degree , he beat all his contem- poraries many thousands of leagues in the race of Chriftianity . D. S. p . 115. 116 . 1 Swift ...
... fure it is , that in proportion to those talents , which he is allowed to have poffefsed in the most eminent degree , he beat all his contem- poraries many thousands of leagues in the race of Chriftianity . D. S. p . 115. 116 . 1 Swift ...
Page xxvii
... fure , had he made her the least advances . I am inclined however to think , that having ob- served her to be a delightful girl , and of a genius quick and lively he had given her some instructions for the improvement of her mind in ...
... fure , had he made her the least advances . I am inclined however to think , that having ob- served her to be a delightful girl , and of a genius quick and lively he had given her some instructions for the improvement of her mind in ...
Page lxxx
... fure him [ the Dean ] , the world has nothing in it I " admire fo much , nothing the lofs of which I fhould " regret fo much , as his GENIUS and his VIRTUES . " [ vol . 4. p . 3. ] ? In the beginning of the year 1741 , his understanding ...
... fure him [ the Dean ] , the world has nothing in it I " admire fo much , nothing the lofs of which I fhould " regret fo much , as his GENIUS and his VIRTUES . " [ vol . 4. p . 3. ] ? In the beginning of the year 1741 , his understanding ...
Page lxxxix
... fure the reward of industry , is to beftow a benefit at once upon the individual and the public ; it is to pre . ferve from defpair those who ftruggle with difficulty and difappointment ; it is to fupply food and reft to that la- bour ...
... fure the reward of industry , is to beftow a benefit at once upon the individual and the public ; it is to pre . ferve from defpair those who ftruggle with difficulty and difappointment ; it is to fupply food and reft to that la- bour ...
Page cvi
... fure << 66 66 8.6 66 66 they have bad ones fufficient to poize the fcale . " Mrs Pilkington bowed , and told him , he did her great honour ; in that copying Bp Berkley , whom he had frequently heard declare , That when any speech was ...
... fure << 66 66 8.6 66 66 they have bad ones fufficient to poize the fcale . " Mrs Pilkington bowed , and told him , he did her great honour ; in that copying Bp Berkley , whom he had frequently heard declare , That when any speech was ...
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