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... better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by fac- tion . Such are the remarks and memorials ...
... better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by fac- tion . Such are the remarks and memorials ...
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... better taste ; If it take air before its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that travels and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of compasses , it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim ...
... better taste ; If it take air before its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that travels and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of compasses , it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim ...
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... better choice , and not fathered the bastard upon such a person , whose stock of reputation is , I fear , little enough for maintenance of his own numerous legitimate offspring of that kind . It would have been much less injurious , if ...
... better choice , and not fathered the bastard upon such a person , whose stock of reputation is , I fear , little enough for maintenance of his own numerous legitimate offspring of that kind . It would have been much less injurious , if ...
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... better monument than a little tomb of marble ; or by the unworthy avarice of some stationers , who are content to diminish the value of the author , so they may increase the price of the book ; and , like vintners , with sophisticate ...
... better monument than a little tomb of marble ; or by the unworthy avarice of some stationers , who are content to diminish the value of the author , so they may increase the price of the book ; and , like vintners , with sophisticate ...
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... better than none at all . But to us , who have no need of them ; to us , who deride their folly , and are wearied with their impertinencies ; they ought to appear no better arguments for verse , than those of their worthy successors ...
... better than none at all . But to us , who have no need of them ; to us , who deride their folly , and are wearied with their impertinencies ; they ought to appear no better arguments for verse , than those of their worthy successors ...
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