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... fmall fum on fuch a pledge . " VOL . II . Menagiana , p . 24 . The Practical Philofopher . " To all the wife man gives his ear , His answers short , precife , and clear ; His questions fit fo well the cafe , They rife with unaffected ...
... fmall fum on fuch a pledge . " VOL . II . Menagiana , p . 24 . The Practical Philofopher . " To all the wife man gives his ear , His answers short , precife , and clear ; His questions fit fo well the cafe , They rife with unaffected ...
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... fmall , that his ad- vantage of profpect over that of the perfon fitting is not worthy to be men- tioned . Thus the fame proportion fub- fifts between the ignorant and learned inan , as is found between the man who fits and the man who ...
... fmall , that his ad- vantage of profpect over that of the perfon fitting is not worthy to be men- tioned . Thus the fame proportion fub- fifts between the ignorant and learned inan , as is found between the man who fits and the man who ...
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... fmall pieces for Bob . With the dung he formed a novel species of fcrutoire ; it ferved him to con- ceal his money in after his death a thirty pound bank note was found in a parcel in the cow - house . " Though he never indulged in the ...
... fmall pieces for Bob . With the dung he formed a novel species of fcrutoire ; it ferved him to con- ceal his money in after his death a thirty pound bank note was found in a parcel in the cow - house . " Though he never indulged in the ...
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... fmall - beer at our meals . With per- petual thirt we had only putrid water , dangerous to drink , and bad is not been for a cafk of tamarinds , which a moft kind friend gave us at Portsmouth , I believe that 1 fhould have funk under ...
... fmall - beer at our meals . With per- petual thirt we had only putrid water , dangerous to drink , and bad is not been for a cafk of tamarinds , which a moft kind friend gave us at Portsmouth , I believe that 1 fhould have funk under ...
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... fmall account in themfelves ; but the view from them extends over a rich land cape . From this fpot we walked towards the more confiderable remains of the abbey , fi- tuated on the Tawy , half a mile from the town . Enough of the church ...
... fmall account in themfelves ; but the view from them extends over a rich land cape . From this fpot we walked towards the more confiderable remains of the abbey , fi- tuated on the Tawy , half a mile from the town . Enough of the church ...
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