The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with Notes, Volumen3T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... heard , I begin to blame my own taci- turnity ; and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing , and to print myself out , if possible , before I die ...
... heard , I begin to blame my own taci- turnity ; and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing , and to print myself out , if possible , before I die ...
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... heard him prove , that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valour , and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , " A penny saved is a ...
... heard him prove , that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valour , and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , " A penny saved is a ...
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... heard him often lament , that in a profession where merit is placed in so conspicuous a view , impudence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose , I never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly ...
... heard him often lament , that in a profession where merit is placed in so conspicuous a view , impudence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose , I never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly ...
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... heard concerning the decay of public credit , with the methods of restoring it , and which , in my opinion , have always been defective , be- cause they have always been made with an eye to separate interests , and party principles ...
... heard concerning the decay of public credit , with the methods of restoring it , and which , in my opinion , have always been defective , be- cause they have always been made with an eye to separate interests , and party principles ...
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... heard . She was likewise ( as I after- wards found ) a greater valetudinarian than any I had ever met with , even in her own sex , and subject to such momentary consumptions , that , in the twinkling of an eye , she would fall away from ...
... heard . She was likewise ( as I after- wards found ) a greater valetudinarian than any I had ever met with , even in her own sex , and subject to such momentary consumptions , that , in the twinkling of an eye , she would fall away from ...
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