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Page 123
... tion of others , may be the consequence of applica- tion to some study remote from the beaten track of life ; some employment which does not allow leisure for sufficient inspection of those petty affairs by which nature has decreed a ...
... tion of others , may be the consequence of applica- tion to some study remote from the beaten track of life ; some employment which does not allow leisure for sufficient inspection of those petty affairs by which nature has decreed a ...
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... tion is , who shall be allowed most closely to attend , and most frequently to treat me ; when different places of entertainment or schemes of pleasure are mentioned , I can see the eye sparkle and the cheeks glow of him whose proposals ...
... tion is , who shall be allowed most closely to attend , and most frequently to treat me ; when different places of entertainment or schemes of pleasure are mentioned , I can see the eye sparkle and the cheeks glow of him whose proposals ...
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... tion of the horizon and meridian , nor show him the news without detecting his ignorance of the situa- tion of other countries . " The squire considered the sailor as a rude un- . cultivated savage , with little more of human than his ...
... tion of the horizon and meridian , nor show him the news without detecting his ignorance of the situa- tion of other countries . " The squire considered the sailor as a rude un- . cultivated savage , with little more of human than his ...
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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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