The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4Bohn, 1854 |
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... acquainted with . The grave abound in pleasantries , the dull in repartees and points of wit . There is not a more painful action of the mind than invention ; yet in dreams it works with that ease and activity , that we are not sensible ...
... acquainted with . The grave abound in pleasantries , the dull in repartees and points of wit . There is not a more painful action of the mind than invention ; yet in dreams it works with that ease and activity , that we are not sensible ...
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... acquaintance , who shall take it in at that price . Letters from the female world are likewise come to me , in great ... acquaint me with his name , I will insert it at length in one of my papers , if he desires it . I should be very ...
... acquaintance , who shall take it in at that price . Letters from the female world are likewise come to me , in great ... acquaint me with his name , I will insert it at length in one of my papers , if he desires it . I should be very ...
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... acquainted with the story of Socrates , must have read how , upon his making a discourse concerning love , he pressed his point with so much success , that all the bachelors in his audience took a resolution to marry by the first ...
... acquainted with the story of Socrates , must have read how , upon his making a discourse concerning love , he pressed his point with so much success , that all the bachelors in his audience took a resolution to marry by the first ...
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... acquainted with lies waste and useless , those great bodies which are at such a distance from us , should not be desert and unpeopled , but rather that they should be furnished with beings adapt- ed to their respective situations ...
... acquainted with lies waste and useless , those great bodies which are at such a distance from us , should not be desert and unpeopled , but rather that they should be furnished with beings adapt- ed to their respective situations ...
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... acquainted with the system of Pagan theology , and may be allowed to enliven a theme , or point an epigram , with a heathen god ; but when we would write a manly panegyric , that should carry in it all the colours of truth , nothing can ...
... acquainted with the system of Pagan theology , and may be allowed to enliven a theme , or point an epigram , with a heathen god ; but when we would write a manly panegyric , that should carry in it all the colours of truth , nothing can ...
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