The Batchelor: Or Speculations of Jeoffry Wagstaffe, Esq. Vol. III.James Hoey, junior, 1773 - 359 pages |
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... some old crazed ftirrer up of fedition , who crawls on all - four like a crab . As Wilkes is the ram , Lucas must be the crab ; and as the one attacks government in the front , that is , in England ; fo the other claws it in the tale ...
... some old crazed ftirrer up of fedition , who crawls on all - four like a crab . As Wilkes is the ram , Lucas must be the crab ; and as the one attacks government in the front , that is , in England ; fo the other claws it in the tale ...
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... some time paft , yet was feen to walk from Henry - ftreet ( the place of the Doc- tor's late refidence ) to the church of St. Michan's , without fuffering any prejudice to his health , though . the streets were very wet and dirty , and ...
... some time paft , yet was feen to walk from Henry - ftreet ( the place of the Doc- tor's late refidence ) to the church of St. Michan's , without fuffering any prejudice to his health , though . the streets were very wet and dirty , and ...
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... Some men of parts , learning , and piety , are too much fwayed by party - prejudice , which prevents their examining this matter with a proper degree of atten- tion . For my part , I am concerned for the honour of my native country : by ...
... Some men of parts , learning , and piety , are too much fwayed by party - prejudice , which prevents their examining this matter with a proper degree of atten- tion . For my part , I am concerned for the honour of my native country : by ...
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... some sceptic should ask why it did not do fo ftill ? he immediately fubjoins the reafon , and prevents any objection that might be drawn from it by saying , that the is grown impotent from age . Quare etiam atque etiam maternum femen ...
... some sceptic should ask why it did not do fo ftill ? he immediately fubjoins the reafon , and prevents any objection that might be drawn from it by saying , that the is grown impotent from age . Quare etiam atque etiam maternum femen ...
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... some frolicksome spi- rits , for these nocturnal amufements . Thus argues , the ingenious and learned author , of an Enquiry into the Nature of the human Soul . Yet I fhould think , fome of our dreams are grofs enough to proceed from ...
... some frolicksome spi- rits , for these nocturnal amufements . Thus argues , the ingenious and learned author , of an Enquiry into the Nature of the human Soul . Yet I fhould think , fome of our dreams are grofs enough to proceed from ...
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