English Prose of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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Page 152
... least learn to read and to speak before you venture to ex- pose your parts in a city congregation : not that these are better judges , but be- cause , if a man must needs expose his folly , it is more safe and discreet to do so before ...
... least learn to read and to speak before you venture to ex- pose your parts in a city congregation : not that these are better judges , but be- cause , if a man must needs expose his folly , it is more safe and discreet to do so before ...
Page 411
... least once a week , that in an orderly manner follow their master to church , than in every open place meet with a company of blackguards without shirts or anything whole about them , that , in- sensible of their misery , are ...
... least once a week , that in an orderly manner follow their master to church , than in every open place meet with a company of blackguards without shirts or anything whole about them , that , in- sensible of their misery , are ...
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... least mark of contempt , which is what they never forgive ; but in this they are not singular , for it is the same with men , who will much sooner forgive an injustice than an insult . Every man is not ambitious , or covetous , or pas ...
... least mark of contempt , which is what they never forgive ; but in this they are not singular , for it is the same with men , who will much sooner forgive an injustice than an insult . Every man is not ambitious , or covetous , or pas ...
Contents
PREFACE | 4 |
THE POOR MANS PLEA | 14 |
THE SHORTEST WAY WITH THE DISSENTERS | 23 |
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