The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... according to the principles of the man who is most in favour . But whatever may be the motives of a few fantastical coquettes , who do not patch for the public good so much as for their own private advantage , it is certain , that there ...
... according to the principles of the man who is most in favour . But whatever may be the motives of a few fantastical coquettes , who do not patch for the public good so much as for their own private advantage , it is certain , that there ...
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... according as their ideas , which we sup- pose are equally distinct in each of them , follow one another in a greater or less degree of rapidity . There is a famous passage in the Alcoran , which looks as if Mahomet had been possessed of ...
... according as their ideas , which we sup- pose are equally distinct in each of them , follow one another in a greater or less degree of rapidity . There is a famous passage in the Alcoran , which looks as if Mahomet had been possessed of ...
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... according to the custom of the Mahometans , before he said his prayers . After his first plunge into the sea , he no sooner raised his head above the water but he found him- self standing by the side of the tub , with the great men of ...
... according to the custom of the Mahometans , before he said his prayers . After his first plunge into the sea , he no sooner raised his head above the water but he found him- self standing by the side of the tub , with the great men of ...
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... according as it is managed . It has been thought we are not generally so ignorant as ill - taught , or that our sex does so often want wit , judgment , or knowledge , as the right application of them . You are so well - bred , as to say ...
... according as it is managed . It has been thought we are not generally so ignorant as ill - taught , or that our sex does so often want wit , judgment , or knowledge , as the right application of them . You are so well - bred , as to say ...
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... according to the example of our superiors . In the family I am now in , I am guilty of no one sin but lying ; which I do with a grave face in my gown and staff every day I live , and al- most all day long , in denying my lord to imperti ...
... according to the example of our superiors . In the family I am now in , I am guilty of no one sin but lying ; which I do with a grave face in my gown and staff every day I live , and al- most all day long , in denying my lord to imperti ...
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