The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... short question , namely , " Whether he was prepared for death ? " The boy , who had been bred up by honest parents , was frighted out of his wits at the solemnity of the proceeding , and especially by the last dreadful inter- rogatory ...
... short question , namely , " Whether he was prepared for death ? " The boy , who had been bred up by honest parents , was frighted out of his wits at the solemnity of the proceeding , and especially by the last dreadful inter- rogatory ...
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... short , those who represent religion in so unamiable a light , are like the spies sent by Moses to make a discovery of the Land of Promise , when by their reports they discouraged the people from entering upon it . Those who show us the ...
... short , those who represent religion in so unamiable a light , are like the spies sent by Moses to make a discovery of the Land of Promise , when by their reports they discouraged the people from entering upon it . Those who show us the ...
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... short , I found but one hus- band among this great mountain of baggage , who was a lively cobbler , and kicked and spurred all the while his wife was carrying him on , and , as it was said , had scarce passed a day in his life without ...
... short , I found but one hus- band among this great mountain of baggage , who was a lively cobbler , and kicked and spurred all the while his wife was carrying him on , and , as it was said , had scarce passed a day in his life without ...
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... short , sir , I look upon my family as a patriarchal sovereignty , in which I am my- self both king and priest . All great governments are no- thing else but clusters of these little private royalties , and therefore I consider the ...
... short , sir , I look upon my family as a patriarchal sovereignty , in which I am my- self both king and priest . All great governments are no- thing else but clusters of these little private royalties , and therefore I consider the ...
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... short , sir , there are many whose waking thoughts are wholly employed on their sleeping ones . For the benefit , therefore , of this curious and inquisitive part of my fellow- subjects , I shall , in the first place , tell those ...
... short , sir , there are many whose waking thoughts are wholly employed on their sleeping ones . For the benefit , therefore , of this curious and inquisitive part of my fellow- subjects , I shall , in the first place , tell those ...
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