The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Том 4C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, 1774 |
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... because I am an adept in phyfic and aftrology , they will needs perfuade me that I am no less a proficient in all other fciences . However , the point mentioned in the following letter is fo plain a one , that I think I need not trouble ...
... because I am an adept in phyfic and aftrology , they will needs perfuade me that I am no less a proficient in all other fciences . However , the point mentioned in the following letter is fo plain a one , that I think I need not trouble ...
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... because I chanced to ftep into the coach before him , and place myfelf on the fhady fide . This , however , was but my own private guess ; for he did not mention a word of it , nor indeed of any thing elfe , for three days following ...
... because I chanced to ftep into the coach before him , and place myfelf on the fhady fide . This , however , was but my own private guess ; for he did not mention a word of it , nor indeed of any thing elfe , for three days following ...
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... perfections ... But because there are very few poffeffed of fuch ac complishments of body , and mind , we ought to look B. 6 afters after thofe qualifications both in ourfelves and others , which N ° 192 . THE TATLER .
... perfections ... But because there are very few poffeffed of fuch ac complishments of body , and mind , we ought to look B. 6 afters after thofe qualifications both in ourfelves and others , which N ° 192 . THE TATLER .
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... because he is fure ; and the fet of men whom he declares againft , for the fame reafon , are violent against him .. Thus it is folly in a plain dealer to expect , that either his friends will reward him , or his enemies forgive him ...
... because he is fure ; and the fet of men whom he declares againft , for the fame reafon , are violent against him .. Thus it is folly in a plain dealer to expect , that either his friends will reward him , or his enemies forgive him ...
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... because I thought I could admonish him of many things , which would tend to his improvement . In the general I obferved to him , that though Action was his business , the way to that action was not to study gefture ; for the behaviour ...
... because I thought I could admonish him of many things , which would tend to his improvement . In the general I obferved to him , that though Action was his business , the way to that action was not to study gefture ; for the behaviour ...
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