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Page xii
... deriving his present subsistence merely from the precarious bounty of an uncle , and having no other object of hope but the continuance of it * , that he could not resist the temptation to neglect many neceffary objects of academic ...
... deriving his present subsistence merely from the precarious bounty of an uncle , and having no other object of hope but the continuance of it * , that he could not resist the temptation to neglect many neceffary objects of academic ...
Page xl
The Whigs thus elated with hope , and with a full assurance of success in defeating the ministry , and qualhing the preliminaries of a peace , stocks fell , and all difficulties seemed to vanifh before them .
The Whigs thus elated with hope , and with a full assurance of success in defeating the ministry , and qualhing the preliminaries of a peace , stocks fell , and all difficulties seemed to vanifh before them .
Page liii
This removal from England to Ireland was the great event which determined the colour of his life , bounded his views , and thewed him at oạce what he might porfels , and for what he might hope .
This removal from England to Ireland was the great event which determined the colour of his life , bounded his views , and thewed him at oạce what he might porfels , and for what he might hope .
Page liv
Great disappointments which change our general plan , and make it necessary to enter the world as it were a second time , feldom fail to alarm - us with the brevity of life , and repress our alacrity , by precluding our hopes .
Great disappointments which change our general plan , and make it necessary to enter the world as it were a second time , feldom fail to alarm - us with the brevity of life , and repress our alacrity , by precluding our hopes .
Page lvii
... po heart to apply himself to - kudy of any kind , but to have resigned himself wholly to such amusements as of fered , that he might not think of his fituation , the mic fortune of his friends , and the disappointment of his hope .
... po heart to apply himself to - kudy of any kind , but to have resigned himself wholly to such amusements as of fered , that he might not think of his fituation , the mic fortune of his friends , and the disappointment of his hope .
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