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... mankind in the least , as well as the greatest , endowments . Nor were it a circumstance to be mentioned , if the graces and attrac- tions of your person were not the only pre- eminence you have above others , which is left , almost ...
... mankind in the least , as well as the greatest , endowments . Nor were it a circumstance to be mentioned , if the graces and attrac- tions of your person were not the only pre- eminence you have above others , which is left , almost ...
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... mankind , and acting accordingly . He seriously considered he was poor , and the general horror which most men have of all who are in that condition . Irus judged very rightly , that while he could keep his poverty a secret , he should ...
... mankind , and acting accordingly . He seriously considered he was poor , and the general horror which most men have of all who are in that condition . Irus judged very rightly , that while he could keep his poverty a secret , he should ...
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... mankind ; and , at his death , the worst that will be said of him will be , that he got by every man who had expectations from him , more than he had to leave him . ( 6 ) I have an inclination to print the following letters : for I have ...
... mankind ; and , at his death , the worst that will be said of him will be , that he got by every man who had expectations from him , more than he had to leave him . ( 6 ) I have an inclination to print the following letters : for I have ...
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... mankind , which they effected in part , and would have completed , had not Omnipotence itself interposed.- The principal actors are man in his greatest perfec- tion , and woman in her highest beauty . Their ene mies are the fallen ...
... mankind , which they effected in part , and would have completed , had not Omnipotence itself interposed.- The principal actors are man in his greatest perfec- tion , and woman in her highest beauty . Their ene mies are the fallen ...
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... to ambition from the successes of other men , this world is not only a mere scene , but a very pleasant one . Did mankind but know the freedom which there is in keeping thus aloof from the world , I No. 266 . 59 THE SPECTATOR .
... to ambition from the successes of other men , this world is not only a mere scene , but a very pleasant one . Did mankind but know the freedom which there is in keeping thus aloof from the world , I No. 266 . 59 THE SPECTATOR .
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