Readings in English Prose of the Eighteenth CenturyRaymond Macdonald Alden Houghton Mifflin, 1911 - 724 pages |
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... having their good actions magni- fied , as their evil actions covered . But King William , who has already won praise by the steps of dangerous virtue , seems re- served for some actions which are above the touch of 2 DANIEL DEFOE.
... having their good actions magni- fied , as their evil actions covered . But King William , who has already won praise by the steps of dangerous virtue , seems re- served for some actions which are above the touch of 2 DANIEL DEFOE.
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... seems to be proper only for the hand of the King himself , I shall not presume to carry on this chapter to the model as I have done in other subjects . Only thus far : That a society be erected by the King himself , if his Majesty ...
... seems to be proper only for the hand of the King himself , I shall not presume to carry on this chapter to the model as I have done in other subjects . Only thus far : That a society be erected by the King himself , if his Majesty ...
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... seems to be now unequally bestowed , and Nature , or rather Providence , to lie under some scandal about it , as if ' twas given a woman for a snare to men , and so made a kind of a she - devil of her ; be- cause , they say , exquisite ...
... seems to be now unequally bestowed , and Nature , or rather Providence , to lie under some scandal about it , as if ' twas given a woman for a snare to men , and so made a kind of a she - devil of her ; be- cause , they say , exquisite ...
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... seems he was forced to roost upon the ground . The horses jostling about for room , and put- ting the cock in danger of his life , he gives them this grave ad- vice , " Pray , gentlefolks , let us stand still , for fear we should tread ...
... seems he was forced to roost upon the ground . The horses jostling about for room , and put- ting the cock in danger of his life , he gives them this grave ad- vice , " Pray , gentlefolks , let us stand still , for fear we should tread ...
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... seems so impertinent that I cannot tell how to comply with it ; and what a mortify- ing story will our conversation be to a young gentleman ! " " Well , " says Mrs. Veal , " I must not be denied . " " Why , " says Mrs. Bargrave , " it ...
... seems so impertinent that I cannot tell how to comply with it ; and what a mortify- ing story will our conversation be to a young gentleman ! " " Well , " says Mrs. Veal , " I must not be denied . " " Why , " says Mrs. Bargrave , " it ...
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