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... who is now on the verge of threescore , took me aside not long since , and
asked me in his most serious look , whether I would advise him to marry my lady
Betty Single , who , by the way , is one of the greatest fortunes about town . I
stared ...
... who is now on the verge of threescore , took me aside not long since , and
asked me in his most serious look , whether I would advise him to marry my lady
Betty Single , who , by the way , is one of the greatest fortunes about town . I
stared ...
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My flowers grow up in several parts of the garden in the greatest luxuriancy and
profusion . I am so far from being fond of any particular one , by reason of its rarity
, that if I meet with any one in a field which pleases me , I give it a place in my ...
My flowers grow up in several parts of the garden in the greatest luxuriancy and
profusion . I am so far from being fond of any particular one , by reason of its rarity
, that if I meet with any one in a field which pleases me , I give it a place in my ...
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An old maiden gentlewoman , whom I shall conceal under the name of Nemesis ,
is the greatest discoverer of judgments that I have met with . She can tell you
what sin it was that set such a man ' s house on fire , or blew down his barns .
An old maiden gentlewoman , whom I shall conceal under the name of Nemesis ,
is the greatest discoverer of judgments that I have met with . She can tell you
what sin it was that set such a man ' s house on fire , or blew down his barns .
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... so powerfully as by inquiring into the sentiments the greatest among the
ancients of different ages entertained upon this virtue . If we go back to the days
of Solomon , we shall find favour a necessary consequence to a shame - faced
man .
... so powerfully as by inquiring into the sentiments the greatest among the
ancients of different ages entertained upon this virtue . If we go back to the days
of Solomon , we shall find favour a necessary consequence to a shame - faced
man .
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What may seem to the reader the greatest - paradox in the reflection of the
historian , is , I suppose that folly , which is generally thought incapable of
contriving or executing any design , should be so formidable to those whom it
exerts itself to ...
What may seem to the reader the greatest - paradox in the reflection of the
historian , is , I suppose that folly , which is generally thought incapable of
contriving or executing any design , should be so formidable to those whom it
exerts itself to ...
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