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Tom ' s logic , when he finds him running off the question , cuts him short with a “
What then ? We allow all this to be true , but what is it to our present purpose ? ' I
have known Tom eloquent half an hour together , and triumphing , as he thought
...
Tom ' s logic , when he finds him running off the question , cuts him short with a “
What then ? We allow all this to be true , but what is it to our present purpose ? ' I
have known Tom eloquent half an hour together , and triumphing , as he thought
...
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Within a short while these gleams began to appear more frequent , and then
brighter , and of a longer continuance ; the sighs that hitherto filled the air with so
much dolefulness , altered to the sound of common breezes , and in general the ...
Within a short while these gleams began to appear more frequent , and then
brighter , and of a longer continuance ; the sighs that hitherto filled the air with so
much dolefulness , altered to the sound of common breezes , and in general the ...
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With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes.
vations of days , numbers , voices and figures , which are regarded by them as
portents and prodigies . In short , every thing prophesies to the superstitious man
; there ...
With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes.
vations of days , numbers , voices and figures , which are regarded by them as
portents and prodigies . In short , every thing prophesies to the superstitious man
; there ...
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How many devices have been made use of to render this bitter portion palatable !
Some convey their instructions to us in the best chosen words , others in the most
harmonious numbers ; VOL . X . some in points of wit , and others in short No .
How many devices have been made use of to render this bitter portion palatable !
Some convey their instructions to us in the best chosen words , others in the most
harmonious numbers ; VOL . X . some in points of wit , and others in short No .
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some in points of wit , and others in short próverbs . But among all the different
ways of giving counsel , I think the finest and that which pleases the most
universally is fable , in whatsoever shape it appears . If we consider this way of
instructing ...
some in points of wit , and others in short próverbs . But among all the different
ways of giving counsel , I think the finest and that which pleases the most
universally is fable , in whatsoever shape it appears . If we consider this way of
instructing ...
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