English Prose of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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... greater advan- tage of dress ? Where more meetings for for business ? Where more bargains . driven of all sorts ? And where so many conveniences or incitements to sleep ? There is one advantage greater than any of the foregoing proposed ...
... greater advan- tage of dress ? Where more meetings for for business ? Where more bargains . driven of all sorts ? And where so many conveniences or incitements to sleep ? There is one advantage greater than any of the foregoing proposed ...
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... greater empire that it is no wonder the business of the lesser should have totally escaped their observation . And as to the lawyers , they are well known to have been very little acquainted with the commonwealth of literature , and to ...
... greater empire that it is no wonder the business of the lesser should have totally escaped their observation . And as to the lawyers , they are well known to have been very little acquainted with the commonwealth of literature , and to ...
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... greater variety of termination , requires the rhymes to be often changed . Those little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety ; a greater work calls for greater care . I am now to ex- amine Paradise Lost , a poem which , con ...
... greater variety of termination , requires the rhymes to be often changed . Those little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety ; a greater work calls for greater care . I am now to ex- amine Paradise Lost , a poem which , con ...
Contents
PREFACE | 4 |
THE POOR MANS PLEA | 14 |
THE SHORTEST WAY WITH THE DISSENTERS | 23 |
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