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... tion of your studies . They desire you to engage to furnish one pa- per a month , at two guineas a paper , which you may very readily perform . We have considered that a paper should consist of pieces of imagina- tion , pictures of life ...
... tion of your studies . They desire you to engage to furnish one pa- per a month , at two guineas a paper , which you may very readily perform . We have considered that a paper should consist of pieces of imagina- tion , pictures of life ...
Page 394
... tion must be founded on the terms on which it is promised that the mediation of our SAVIOUR shall be applied to us , —namely , obedience ; and where obedience has failed , then , as suppletory to it , repentance . But what man can say ...
... tion must be founded on the terms on which it is promised that the mediation of our SAVIOUR shall be applied to us , —namely , obedience ; and where obedience has failed , then , as suppletory to it , repentance . But what man can say ...
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... tion : Solventur risu tabulæ , tu missus abibis . But a new trial or review was granted upon a petition , according to the forms in Scotland . This peti- tion I was engaged to answer , and Dr. Johnson with great alacrity furnished me ...
... tion : Solventur risu tabulæ , tu missus abibis . But a new trial or review was granted upon a petition , according to the forms in Scotland . This peti- tion I was engaged to answer , and Dr. Johnson with great alacrity furnished me ...
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