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Page 118
... give no ac- count of its ancient revolutions ; the plasterer hay- ing , at her entrance , obliterated , by his whitewash , all the smoky memorials which former tenants had left upon the ceiling , and perhaps drawn the veil of oblivion ...
... give no ac- count of its ancient revolutions ; the plasterer hay- ing , at her entrance , obliterated , by his whitewash , all the smoky memorials which former tenants had left upon the ceiling , and perhaps drawn the veil of oblivion ...
Page 148
... give mutual pleasure . Our birth is without any such re- markable disparity as can give either an opportunity of insulting the other with pompous names and splendid alliances , or of calling in upon any domestic controversy the ...
... give mutual pleasure . Our birth is without any such re- markable disparity as can give either an opportunity of insulting the other with pompous names and splendid alliances , or of calling in upon any domestic controversy the ...
Page 309
... give a proof of ex- traordinary fortitude by suppressing it . " I am one of those who , with the Sancho of Cer- vantes , leave to higher characters the merit of suf- fering in silence , and give vent without scruple to any sorrow that ...
... give a proof of ex- traordinary fortitude by suppressing it . " I am one of those who , with the Sancho of Cer- vantes , leave to higher characters the merit of suf- fering in silence , and give vent without scruple to any sorrow that ...
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the Meanness of regulating our Conduct by the Opinions of | 3 |
the Meanness of regulating our Conduct by the Opinions of | 185 |
Anningait and Ajut a Greenland History | 186 |
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