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... seen , and highly value , who , not ashamed of a deficiency occasioned by una- voidable circumstances , or by honest , useful , and honourable occupations , are desirous to form , if possible , complete collections of approved and ...
... seen , and highly value , who , not ashamed of a deficiency occasioned by una- voidable circumstances , or by honest , useful , and honourable occupations , are desirous to form , if possible , complete collections of approved and ...
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... seen how various the matter is , which , even for the above - mentioned purposes , I have been obliged to collect , the imputation perhaps will not be thought extremely formidable . For my own part , I shall be fully satisfied with what ...
... seen how various the matter is , which , even for the above - mentioned purposes , I have been obliged to collect , the imputation perhaps will not be thought extremely formidable . For my own part , I shall be fully satisfied with what ...
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... seen naked , is deemed a matter of the greatest turpitude . ter he had somewhat recovered from his aston- ishment , implored her not to compel him to so delicate and difficult an alternative . But when he found that all expostulations ...
... seen naked , is deemed a matter of the greatest turpitude . ter he had somewhat recovered from his aston- ishment , implored her not to compel him to so delicate and difficult an alternative . But when he found that all expostulations ...
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... seen him leap into the sea : over- come with terror at the circumstance , they con- fessed their crime . This event is related both by the Corinthians and the Lesbians ; and there remains at Tænarus a small figure in brass of a man ...
... seen him leap into the sea : over- come with terror at the circumstance , they con- fessed their crime . This event is related both by the Corinthians and the Lesbians ; and there remains at Tænarus a small figure in brass of a man ...
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... seen in public , how mean appear ! How will and contemptible shall my fellow - citizens , or my new wife , esteem me ? what can be her opinion of the man whom she has married ? Suffer me , then , Sir , either to proceed on this ...
... seen in public , how mean appear ! How will and contemptible shall my fellow - citizens , or my new wife , esteem me ? what can be her opinion of the man whom she has married ? Suffer me , then , Sir , either to proceed on this ...
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