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Page 21 - Herewith SLANG takes the lead of the conversation, and propounds a plot for running away with the heiress ; and I could not help remarking how like the comedy was to life — how the gentlemen always say "thou," and "prythee,
Page 48 - For instance, suppose a feoffment had been made to A. and his heirs, to the use of B. and his heirs, to the use of C. and his heirs ; the doctrine was that the use to C.
Page 176 - They who believe that they are exempt from the toils, and hardly liable to the casualties of other mortals— all whose associates, and most of whose instructors, set themselves about confirming this faith — are little likely to waste the midnight oil in any contemplations but those of the debauchee ; and beings, who can hardly bring themselves to believe that they are subject to the common fate of humanity, are pretty certain to own no inferior control.
Page 243 - Tis the voice of the sluggard ; I heard him complain, " You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again." As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, Turns his sides, and his shoulders, and his heavy head.