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THE following essay is written by - the gentleman to whom the world is obliged
for those several excellent discourses which have been marked with the letter X .
I have somewhere met with a fable that made Wealth the father of Love .
THE following essay is written by - the gentleman to whom the world is obliged
for those several excellent discourses which have been marked with the letter X .
I have somewhere met with a fable that made Wealth the father of Love .
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and carried her to his house , where she proved an excellent wife , and procured
him all the riches from her brother that she had promised him . . . . . I fancy if I was
disposed to dream a second time , I could make a tolerable vision upon this ...
and carried her to his house , where she proved an excellent wife , and procured
him all the riches from her brother that she had promised him . . . . . I fancy if I was
disposed to dream a second time , I could make a tolerable vision upon this ...
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The following letter comes to me from that excellent man in holy orders , whom I
have mentioned more than once as one of that society who assists me in my
speculations . It is a thought in sickness , and of a very serious nature , for which ...
The following letter comes to me from that excellent man in holy orders , whom I
have mentioned more than once as one of that society who assists me in my
speculations . It is a thought in sickness , and of a very serious nature , for which ...
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... for changing her condition ; but as she is to have her eye upon each of these ,
she is to ask herself , whether the man who has most of these recommendations
in the lump is not the most desirable ? He that has excellent talents , with U 2 No .
... for changing her condition ; but as she is to have her eye upon each of these ,
she is to ask herself , whether the man who has most of these recommendations
in the lump is not the most desirable ? He that has excellent talents , with U 2 No .
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He that has excellent talents , with a moderate estate , and an agreeable person ,
is preferable to him who is only rich , if it were only that good faculties may
purchase riches , but riches can not purchase worthy endowments . I do not
mean that ...
He that has excellent talents , with a moderate estate , and an agreeable person ,
is preferable to him who is only rich , if it were only that good faculties may
purchase riches , but riches can not purchase worthy endowments . I do not
mean that ...
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