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Page 160
... sense , great parts , has one of the most agreeable and and many fine qualities , lower them- placid countenances I ever saw.— selves down to these little - minded They love each other , and the hus- creatures , in inveighing with ...
... sense , great parts , has one of the most agreeable and and many fine qualities , lower them- placid countenances I ever saw.— selves down to these little - minded They love each other , and the hus- creatures , in inveighing with ...
Page 177
... sense , " as you once told to your ladyship's words- " you pro - me . Proud mortal ! and vain . - And voke me beyond my strength . " cannot he be content with the great- 66 Just this moment came in my wife . er pride , as a man of sense ...
... sense , " as you once told to your ladyship's words- " you pro - me . Proud mortal ! and vain . - And voke me beyond my strength . " cannot he be content with the great- 66 Just this moment came in my wife . er pride , as a man of sense ...
Page 342
... sense of their country ! I working people , who might have per- imagine it must be likewise contrary formed the useful labour ! to the good sense of most of those I am pleased with the late astro- drawn into it , by the persuasion of ...
... sense of their country ! I working people , who might have per- imagine it must be likewise contrary formed the useful labour ! to the good sense of most of those I am pleased with the late astro- drawn into it , by the persuasion of ...
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