The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4Bohn, 1854 |
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... person whose head is very well turned to his business , he thinks they would be a very proper present to be made to persons at christenings , marriages , visiting days , and the like joyful solemnities , as several other books are ...
... person whose head is very well turned to his business , he thinks they would be a very proper present to be made to persons at christenings , marriages , visiting days , and the like joyful solemnities , as several other books are ...
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... person . In 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 ...
... person . In 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 ...
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... persons , with their several loads , that appeared to me in this strange vision . All the place about me was covered ... person , that they brought thee off , and that it was on condition that thou shouldst continue the Spectator . If ...
... persons , with their several loads , that appeared to me in this strange vision . All the place about me was covered ... person , that they brought thee off , and that it was on condition that thou shouldst continue the Spectator . If ...
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... persons are still slaves to them . There are numberless arts of prediction among the vulgar , which are too trifling to enumerate ; and infinite observa- tions of days , numbers , voices , and figures , which are re- garded by them as ...
... persons are still slaves to them . There are numberless arts of prediction among the vulgar , which are too trifling to enumerate ; and infinite observa- tions of days , numbers , voices , and figures , which are re- garded by them as ...
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... person , there are several good people who are very much puzzled in this particular , and dream a whole year together , without being ever the wiser for it . I hope I am pretty well qualified for this office , having studied by ...
... person , there are several good people who are very much puzzled in this particular , and dream a whole year together , without being ever the wiser for it . I hope I am pretty well qualified for this office , having studied by ...
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