The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 |
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... must run counter to my own principles , and abuse many , that all may read me : In the mean time I fhall make a thew of fome of my defences , if it be only to convince the Murmurers , that I fhall not capitu- late upon the firft fummons ...
... must run counter to my own principles , and abuse many , that all may read me : In the mean time I fhall make a thew of fome of my defences , if it be only to convince the Murmurers , that I fhall not capitu- late upon the firft fummons ...
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... must acknowledge that the times we live in are happier times , than ever fell to the lot of our ancestors , and if we complain of them , it must be on account of fomething , which has not yet come under our review ; we will therefore ...
... must acknowledge that the times we live in are happier times , than ever fell to the lot of our ancestors , and if we complain of them , it must be on account of fomething , which has not yet come under our review ; we will therefore ...
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... must reject many things out of the account , that would make for my argument , and speak very briefly upon all others . To compare the manners of one age with those of another we must begin by calling to re- membrance the changes that ...
... must reject many things out of the account , that would make for my argument , and speak very briefly upon all others . To compare the manners of one age with those of another we must begin by calling to re- membrance the changes that ...
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... the teft of profperity , I could inftance numbers , who deport themselves with honour under the vifita- tions of adverfity . Man must be in a certain tions N ° 95. THE OBSERVER . 13 the eye of fpeculation as a lot of fingular ...
... the teft of profperity , I could inftance numbers , who deport themselves with honour under the vifita- tions of adverfity . Man must be in a certain tions N ° 95. THE OBSERVER . 13 the eye of fpeculation as a lot of fingular ...
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... must be in a certain degree the artificer of his own happiness ; the tools and materials may be put into his hands by the bounty of Providence , but the workmanship must be his own . I lately took a journey into a distant county , upon ...
... must be in a certain degree the artificer of his own happiness ; the tools and materials may be put into his hands by the bounty of Providence , but the workmanship must be his own . I lately took a journey into a distant county , upon ...
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