The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, 1 tomasJohn Nutt, and sold by John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall., 1712 |
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... Character will admit of it , infinuates , That there is no Defence a-- gainst Vice , but the Contempt of it : And has , in the natural Ideas of an untainted Innocent , fhown the gradual Steps to Ruin and Destruction , which Perfons of ...
... Character will admit of it , infinuates , That there is no Defence a-- gainst Vice , but the Contempt of it : And has , in the natural Ideas of an untainted Innocent , fhown the gradual Steps to Ruin and Destruction , which Perfons of ...
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... Character and Sense , condefcends to reprefent the Infults done to the Honour of the Bed , without juft Reproof ; but to have drawn a Man of Probity with Re- gard to fuch Confiderations , had been a Mon- Iter , and a Poet had at that ...
... Character and Sense , condefcends to reprefent the Infults done to the Honour of the Bed , without juft Reproof ; but to have drawn a Man of Probity with Re- gard to fuch Confiderations , had been a Mon- Iter , and a Poet had at that ...
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... Character is , a little Thief that fquints . For ask Mrs. Meddle , who is a Confident , or Spy , upon all the Paffions in Town , and fhe'll tell you , that the Whole is a Game of Crofs Purposes . The Lover is generally pursuing one who ...
... Character is , a little Thief that fquints . For ask Mrs. Meddle , who is a Confident , or Spy , upon all the Paffions in Town , and fhe'll tell you , that the Whole is a Game of Crofs Purposes . The Lover is generally pursuing one who ...
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... Characters of Cæfar and Cato . It would be entring into too weighty a Difcourfe for this Place , if I attempted to fhow , that our Na- s great and able Men for pub- publick Affairs as any other . But I believe , 36 No5 . The Tatler .
... Characters of Cæfar and Cato . It would be entring into too weighty a Difcourfe for this Place , if I attempted to fhow , that our Na- s great and able Men for pub- publick Affairs as any other . But I believe , 36 No5 . The Tatler .
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... Character of a Prince , and become the Scourge of a Tyrant , who fate in one of the greatest Thrones of Europe , before the Man who was to have the greatest Part in his Downfal had made one Step in the World . But fuch Elevations are ...
... Character of a Prince , and become the Scourge of a Tyrant , who fate in one of the greatest Thrones of Europe , before the Man who was to have the greatest Part in his Downfal had made one Step in the World . But fuch Elevations are ...
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq– ... Sir Richard Steele,Joseph Addison Visos knygos peržiūra - 1743 |
The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq– Revised and Corrected by the ... Sir Richard Steele,Joseph Addison Visos knygos peržiūra - 1720 |
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