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Page 101
... poor Jack was at the Rev. Dr. Gosling's . He had , as he fancied , just nicked the time , for he came in as the cloth was laying . He took a chair without being desired , and talked for some time without being attended to . He assured ...
... poor Jack was at the Rev. Dr. Gosling's . He had , as he fancied , just nicked the time , for he came in as the cloth was laying . He took a chair without being desired , and talked for some time without being attended to . He assured ...
Page 113
... poor in Eng- land , he seemed amazed how any of his countrymen could be so foolishly weak as to relieve occasional objects of charity , when the laws had made such ample provision for their support . In every parish house , says he , the ...
... poor in Eng- land , he seemed amazed how any of his countrymen could be so foolishly weak as to relieve occasional objects of charity , when the laws had made such ample provision for their support . In every parish house , says he , the ...
Page 130
... poor to obtain even justice . I have been led into these reflections from accidentally meeting some days ago a poor fellow begging at one of the outlets of this town , with a wooden leg . I was curious to learn what had reduced him to ...
... poor to obtain even justice . I have been led into these reflections from accidentally meeting some days ago a poor fellow begging at one of the outlets of this town , with a wooden leg . I was curious to learn what had reduced him to ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
Copyright | |
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