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... Wealth - the Visit of Serotinus to the Place of his Nativity . 166. Favour not easily gained by the Poor . 167. The Marriage of Hymenæus and Tranquilla . 168. Poetry debased by mean Expressions - an Example from Shakspeare . 169. Labour ...
... Wealth - the Visit of Serotinus to the Place of his Nativity . 166. Favour not easily gained by the Poor . 167. The Marriage of Hymenæus and Tranquilla . 168. Poetry debased by mean Expressions - an Example from Shakspeare . 169. Labour ...
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... wealthy without followers ; he is magnificent with- out witnesses ; he has birth without alliance , and influence without dignity . His neighbours scorn him as a brute ; his dependents dread him as an op- pressor ; and he has only the ...
... wealthy without followers ; he is magnificent with- out witnesses ; he has birth without alliance , and influence without dignity . His neighbours scorn him as a brute ; his dependents dread him as an op- pressor ; and he has only the ...
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... wealth of a trader is mentioned , he without hesitation devotes him to bankruptcy ; if the beauty and elegance of a lady be commended , he wonders how the town can fall in love with rustic deformity ; if a new performance of genius ...
... wealth of a trader is mentioned , he without hesitation devotes him to bankruptcy ; if the beauty and elegance of a lady be commended , he wonders how the town can fall in love with rustic deformity ; if a new performance of genius ...
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... wealth is not equal to his reputation ; he has lately suffered much by an expensive project , and had a greater share than is acknowledged in the rich ship that perished by the storm . Of the beauty he has little to say , but that they ...
... wealth is not equal to his reputation ; he has lately suffered much by an expensive project , and had a greater share than is acknowledged in the rich ship that perished by the storm . Of the beauty he has little to say , but that they ...
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... wealth of the lawyer ; he whose days are darkened by languor , or whose nerves are excruciated by pain , is compelled to pay tribute to the science of healing . But praise may be always omitted without inconvenience . When once a man ...
... wealth of the lawyer ; he whose days are darkened by languor , or whose nerves are excruciated by pain , is compelled to pay tribute to the science of healing . But praise may be always omitted without inconvenience . When once a man ...
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