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Page xii
... matter - of - fact man ; and , according to me , a matter - of - fact man is one whose life and con- versation is spent in the report of what is not matter of fact . " I remember when Prince Eugene was here , there was no knowing his ...
... matter - of - fact man ; and , according to me , a matter - of - fact man is one whose life and con- versation is spent in the report of what is not matter of fact . " I remember when Prince Eugene was here , there was no knowing his ...
Page xiii
... matter any particular way in opposition to theirs ; but as there are a hundred ways of any thing happen- ing , besides that it has happened , I only controverted its falling out in that one manner as they settled it , and left it to the ...
... matter any particular way in opposition to theirs ; but as there are a hundred ways of any thing happen- ing , besides that it has happened , I only controverted its falling out in that one manner as they settled it , and left it to the ...
Page 25
... matter , the ease of a virtuous woman for her whole life I know she will conform to any regu- larities ( though more strict than the common rules of our country require ) to which his particular tem- per shall incline him to oblige her ...
... matter , the ease of a virtuous woman for her whole life I know she will conform to any regu- larities ( though more strict than the common rules of our country require ) to which his particular tem- per shall incline him to oblige her ...
Page 36
... matter that he can , and gives a more tolerable account of his spouse . I must confess I suspected something more than ordinary , when upon opening the letter I found that Will was fallen off from his former gaiety , having changed Dear ...
... matter that he can , and gives a more tolerable account of his spouse . I must confess I suspected something more than ordinary , when upon opening the letter I found that Will was fallen off from his former gaiety , having changed Dear ...
Page 41
... matter of wonder and adoration , we are altogether ignorant . This , as I have said before , we ought to acquiesce in , that the Sovereign Being , the Great author of nature , has in him all possible per- fection , as well in kind as in ...
... matter of wonder and adoration , we are altogether ignorant . This , as I have said before , we ought to acquiesce in , that the Sovereign Being , the Great author of nature , has in him all possible per- fection , as well in kind as in ...
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