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I am mightily pleased with a porter ' s decision in one of Mr . Southern ' s plays , *
which is founded upon that fine distress of a yirtuous woman ' s marrying a
second husband while her first was yet living . The first husband , who was
supposed ...
I am mightily pleased with a porter ' s decision in one of Mr . Southern ' s plays , *
which is founded upon that fine distress of a yirtuous woman ' s marrying a
second husband while her first was yet living . The first husband , who was
supposed ...
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I am pleased to see myself thus perpetuated , and as there is no production
comparable to that of a - human creature , I am more proud of having been the
occasion of ten such glorious productions , than if I had built a hundred pyramids
at my ...
I am pleased to see myself thus perpetuated , and as there is no production
comparable to that of a - human creature , I am more proud of having been the
occasion of ten such glorious productions , than if I had built a hundred pyramids
at my ...
Página 182
... he is following the dictates of another , and consequently is not sensible of that
which is the most unpleasing circumstance in advice . ” : In the next place , if we
look into human naturè , we shall find , that the mind is never so much pleased ...
... he is following the dictates of another , and consequently is not sensible of that
which is the most unpleasing circumstance in advice . ” : In the next place , if we
look into human naturè , we shall find , that the mind is never so much pleased ...
Página 183
mind is thus pleased with itself , and amused with its own discoveries , that it is
highly delighted with the writing which is the occasion of it . For this reason , the
Absalom and Achitophel * was one of the most popular poems that ever
appeared ...
mind is thus pleased with itself , and amused with its own discoveries , that it is
highly delighted with the writing which is the occasion of it . For this reason , the
Absalom and Achitophel * was one of the most popular poems that ever
appeared ...
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I was particularly well pleased to find that the author had not amused himself with
fables out of the Pagan theology , and that when he hints at any things of this
nature he alludes to it . only as to a fable . . Many of our modern authors , whose ...
I was particularly well pleased to find that the author had not amused himself with
fables out of the Pagan theology , and that when he hints at any things of this
nature he alludes to it . only as to a fable . . Many of our modern authors , whose ...
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