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Page 94
... hundred and it will be a hundred no longer . " Thus , which way soever I turn my eyes , they are sure to meet one of those friendly monitors ; and as we are told of an actor who hung his room round with looking glasses to correct the ...
... hundred and it will be a hundred no longer . " Thus , which way soever I turn my eyes , they are sure to meet one of those friendly monitors ; and as we are told of an actor who hung his room round with looking glasses to correct the ...
Page 95
... hundred of my proposals which I have given the bookseller , Mr. Bradley , in Dame Street , directions to send to him . If , in pursu- ance of such circulation , he should receive any subscrip- tions , I entreat when collected , they may ...
... hundred of my proposals which I have given the bookseller , Mr. Bradley , in Dame Street , directions to send to him . If , in pursu- ance of such circulation , he should receive any subscrip- tions , I entreat when collected , they may ...
Page 189
... hundred to one who can not spare the hun- dred . It is not worth a man's while . A man should not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it , though he has a hundred chances for him . He can get but a guinea , and he may lose a ...
... hundred to one who can not spare the hun- dred . It is not worth a man's while . A man should not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it , though he has a hundred chances for him . He can get but a guinea , and he may lose a ...
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