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... defire them , that it fed on certain fifh . It was endowed with a tolerable degree of intelligence . For example , it took a pleasure in being careffed near the neck , and teftified its gratitude by small cries and by the winking of its ...
... defire them , that it fed on certain fifh . It was endowed with a tolerable degree of intelligence . For example , it took a pleasure in being careffed near the neck , and teftified its gratitude by small cries and by the winking of its ...
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... defire of gain induced him to have fome concern in the fatal bubble of the South Sea ; by which ( as his Niece used to say ) he lost twenty thousand pounds . Of this , however , he never much liked to hear ; nor , perhaps , fhould it ...
... defire of gain induced him to have fome concern in the fatal bubble of the South Sea ; by which ( as his Niece used to say ) he lost twenty thousand pounds . Of this , however , he never much liked to hear ; nor , perhaps , fhould it ...
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... defire of the young author to gratify his vanity , by impofing on the learned world . This he did moft ef fectually . The garb of antiquity , which he affumed , feems to have deceived fome of the moft profound antiquaries ; and the ...
... defire of the young author to gratify his vanity , by impofing on the learned world . This he did moft ef fectually . The garb of antiquity , which he affumed , feems to have deceived fome of the moft profound antiquaries ; and the ...
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... defire money , for example , if a degree of reasoning fafficient to produce a sense of the evil be applied , the defire ceafes , and the governing facul- ty of the mind regains its authority ; whereas , if you apply no remedy , it ...
... defire money , for example , if a degree of reasoning fafficient to produce a sense of the evil be applied , the defire ceafes , and the governing facul- ty of the mind regains its authority ; whereas , if you apply no remedy , it ...
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... defire of pleafing , which required fo little exertion , and gave fo much pleasure . These engaging qualities have been fucceeded by a fashionable lounge , entirely difregardful of the laws of good - breeding , and a general apathy ...
... defire of pleafing , which required fo little exertion , and gave fo much pleasure . These engaging qualities have been fucceeded by a fashionable lounge , entirely difregardful of the laws of good - breeding , and a general apathy ...
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