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... idea be juft , as both reafon and inspiration teach , that we are but fewards , and not abfolute lords , of whatever worldly goods or men- tal talents we may poffefs , it is affuredly our duty to improve them to the utmost of our power ...
... idea be juft , as both reafon and inspiration teach , that we are but fewards , and not abfolute lords , of whatever worldly goods or men- tal talents we may poffefs , it is affuredly our duty to improve them to the utmost of our power ...
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... idea of this epithet . May we not from hence fuppofe , that the cha- racter here intended , as well as the ex- - What perfons are by ftarts , they are by nature . - You fee them at fuch times . off their guard . Habit may reftrain vice ...
... idea of this epithet . May we not from hence fuppofe , that the cha- racter here intended , as well as the ex- - What perfons are by ftarts , they are by nature . - You fee them at fuch times . off their guard . Habit may reftrain vice ...
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... idea of making their chambers close , warm , and comfortable , thefe chimnies were found to smoke abominably , for want of a fufficient fupply of air . This was exactly the cafe with the house in which I first lived , near Exeter , and ...
... idea of making their chambers close , warm , and comfortable , thefe chimnies were found to smoke abominably , for want of a fufficient fupply of air . This was exactly the cafe with the house in which I first lived , near Exeter , and ...
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... idea . But Johnfon must not be fuppofed ever to have heard the talk of naughty boys , or to be capable of fo natural a retort of his own . No , no , Shakespeare must be the father of the common - place jeft ; and Jolmfon , a boy fcolded ...
... idea . But Johnfon must not be fuppofed ever to have heard the talk of naughty boys , or to be capable of fo natural a retort of his own . No , no , Shakespeare must be the father of the common - place jeft ; and Jolmfon , a boy fcolded ...
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... idea of what is loft , than gra- tified by the part which is preferved . The ftory of the Sibyl , who appeared to Tarquin , the last king of Rome , is not in- applicable on this occafion . A woman in ftrange attire came to Tar- Prid ...
... idea of what is loft , than gra- tified by the part which is preferved . The ftory of the Sibyl , who appeared to Tarquin , the last king of Rome , is not in- applicable on this occafion . A woman in ftrange attire came to Tar- Prid ...
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