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Page 65
... thou may'st poffibly , gentle Reader , have feen a certain vener- able Person who frequented the outfide of the palace of St. James's , and who , by the Gravity of his Deportment and Habit , was generally taken for a decayed Gentleman ...
... thou may'st poffibly , gentle Reader , have feen a certain vener- able Person who frequented the outfide of the palace of St. James's , and who , by the Gravity of his Deportment and Habit , was generally taken for a decayed Gentleman ...
Page 67
... thou art , I em- brace thee as my best friend ; for either the " Stars and my Art are deceitful , or the defined time is come which is to manifeft Martinus Scriblerus to the world , and thou the perfon Fa • chofen by fate for this task ...
... thou art , I em- brace thee as my best friend ; for either the " Stars and my Art are deceitful , or the defined time is come which is to manifeft Martinus Scriblerus to the world , and thou the perfon Fa • chofen by fate for this task ...
Page 68
Alexander Pope. chofen by fate for this task . What thou seest in me is a body exhaufted by the labours of " the mind . I have found in Dame Nature not indeed an unkind , but a very coy Miftrefs : Watchful nights , anxious days , lender ...
Alexander Pope. chofen by fate for this task . What thou seest in me is a body exhaufted by the labours of " the mind . I have found in Dame Nature not indeed an unkind , but a very coy Miftrefs : Watchful nights , anxious days , lender ...
Page 87
... thou read the Ancients , O Nurse , " thou would't prefer the welfare of the Infant which thou nourisheft , to the indulging of an irregular and voracious Appetite . Beef , it is " true , may confer a Robuftnefs on the limbs of " my fon ...
... thou read the Ancients , O Nurse , " thou would't prefer the welfare of the Infant which thou nourisheft , to the indulging of an irregular and voracious Appetite . Beef , it is " true , may confer a Robuftnefs on the limbs of " my fon ...
Page 88
... thou would'st say , ( replied Cornelius ) but I cannot allow the furfeit to have been occafion- ed by that diet , fince it was recommended by the Divine Lycurgus . No , Nurse , thou must certainly have eaten fome meats of ill digeftion ...
... thou would'st say , ( replied Cornelius ) but I cannot allow the furfeit to have been occafion- ed by that diet , fince it was recommended by the Divine Lycurgus . No , Nurse , thou must certainly have eaten fome meats of ill digeftion ...
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