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Page 9
... ment . He was a great rake , but will see honest sincerity go generally having been japanned and married , worse drest than flattery . In the his character is new varnished . I true affection of my heart , I am go- do not comprehend ...
... ment . He was a great rake , but will see honest sincerity go generally having been japanned and married , worse drest than flattery . In the his character is new varnished . I true affection of my heart , I am go- do not comprehend ...
Page 107
... ment not less ragged than that of roughly convinced that it is fatal to Socrates ? Like Joseph , the patri- true science , an enemy to the fine arch , I am a mighty dreamer of arts , destructive of genuine senti- dreams ; like Nimrod ...
... ment not less ragged than that of roughly convinced that it is fatal to Socrates ? Like Joseph , the patri- true science , an enemy to the fine arch , I am a mighty dreamer of arts , destructive of genuine senti- dreams ; like Nimrod ...
Page 296
... ment of your taste , my lord , as Went- in a small volume , and which shall worth Castle , if you did not know be at your service with the Catalogue but it might be overturned in a mo- of Noble Authors . ment , and crush you ? Sir ...
... ment of your taste , my lord , as Went- in a small volume , and which shall worth Castle , if you did not know be at your service with the Catalogue but it might be overturned in a mo- of Noble Authors . ment , and crush you ? Sir ...
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