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... praise than that of having given them to the Publick * . * The names of the authors of these Papers , as far as known , will be given in the course of the present edition . 200 THE THE I D L E R. NUMB . 1. SATURDAY CONTENTS OF.
... praise than that of having given them to the Publick * . * The names of the authors of these Papers , as far as known , will be given in the course of the present edition . 200 THE THE I D L E R. NUMB . 1. SATURDAY CONTENTS OF.
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... squandered in de- clarations of esteem , or confessions of inability ; con- scious dulness has little right to be prolix , and praise is not so welcome to the Idler as quiet . NUMB . 2. SATURDAY , April 22 , 1758 . 4 N ° 1 . THE IDLER .
... squandered in de- clarations of esteem , or confessions of inability ; con- scious dulness has little right to be prolix , and praise is not so welcome to the Idler as quiet . NUMB . 2. SATURDAY , April 22 , 1758 . 4 N ° 1 . THE IDLER .
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... praise , nor received one hint from any correspondent , Whence this negligence proceeds I am not able to discover . Many of my predecessors have thought themselves obliged to return their acknowledgments . in the second paper , for the ...
... praise , nor received one hint from any correspondent , Whence this negligence proceeds I am not able to discover . Many of my predecessors have thought themselves obliged to return their acknowledgments . in the second paper , for the ...
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... praise be withheld till it is better deserved . But surely I may be al- lowed to complain , that , in a nation of authors , not one has thought me worthy of notice after so fair an invitation . At the time when the rage of writing has ...
... praise be withheld till it is better deserved . But surely I may be al- lowed to complain , that , in a nation of authors , not one has thought me worthy of notice after so fair an invitation . At the time when the rage of writing has ...
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... praises he enjoys ; and who serves him instead of a senate or a theatre ; as the young soldiers in the Roman camp learned the use of their weapons by fencing against a post in the place of an enemy . Another has his pockets filled with ...
... praises he enjoys ; and who serves him instead of a senate or a theatre ; as the young soldiers in the Roman camp learned the use of their weapons by fencing against a post in the place of an enemy . Another has his pockets filled with ...
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