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I love the young dogs of this age , Truth will not afford sufficient food to their they have more wit and humour and knowvanity ; so they have betaken themselves to ledge of life than we had ; but then the dogs error .
I love the young dogs of this age , Truth will not afford sufficient food to their they have more wit and humour and knowvanity ; so they have betaken themselves to ledge of life than we had ; but then the dogs error .
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Surely , then , one may tell I spoke of Allan Ramsay's “ Gentle Shep- truth with safety . ” Jounson : “ Why , herd " in the Scottish dialect , as the best | Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hun . pastoral that had ever been ...
Surely , then , one may tell I spoke of Allan Ramsay's “ Gentle Shep- truth with safety . ” Jounson : “ Why , herd " in the Scottish dialect , as the best | Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hun . pastoral that had ever been ...
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and after having delighted every body and weight in the opinion of those who have himself for a few hours , he is obliged to re- held , that truth , as an eternal and immutaturn home ; -he is finishing his treatise , to ble principle ...
and after having delighted every body and weight in the opinion of those who have himself for a few hours , he is obliged to re- held , that truth , as an eternal and immutaturn home ; -he is finishing his treatise , to ble principle ...
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