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Page 459
... seems to think himself obliged to keep even pace with time , whose amanuensis he is ; and , like his master , travels as slowly through cen- turies of monkish dullness , when the world seems to have been asleep , as through that bright ...
... seems to think himself obliged to keep even pace with time , whose amanuensis he is ; and , like his master , travels as slowly through cen- turies of monkish dullness , when the world seems to have been asleep , as through that bright ...
Page 548
... seems not always fully to com- prehend his own design . He omits op- portunities of instructing or delighting which the train of his story seems to force upon him , and apparently rejects those exhibitions which would be more affect ...
... seems not always fully to com- prehend his own design . He omits op- portunities of instructing or delighting which the train of his story seems to force upon him , and apparently rejects those exhibitions which would be more affect ...
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... seems to be of an opinion , not very uncommon in the world , that to want money is to want everything . Next to the pleasure of contemplating his possessions seems to be that of enumerating the men of high rank with whom he was ...
... seems to be of an opinion , not very uncommon in the world , that to want money is to want everything . Next to the pleasure of contemplating his possessions seems to be that of enumerating the men of high rank with whom he was ...
Contents
PREFACE | 4 |
THE POOR MANS PLEA | 14 |
THE SHORTEST WAY WITH THE DISSENTERS | 23 |
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