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... worfe than a lye . A lye is fimply a breach of truth : but a breach of promife is a breach both of truth and truft . Forgetfulness is a weak excufe : it only fhews how little we are affected by fo folemn an engagement . Should we forget ...
... worfe than a lye . A lye is fimply a breach of truth : but a breach of promife is a breach both of truth and truft . Forgetfulness is a weak excufe : it only fhews how little we are affected by fo folemn an engagement . Should we forget ...
Seite 206
... worfe effect . They are apt to give Style an affected and conceited air ; and fhould never be ventured upon except by fuch , whofe established reputation gives them fome degree of dictatorial power over Language . The introduction of ...
... worfe effect . They are apt to give Style an affected and conceited air ; and fhould never be ventured upon except by fuch , whofe established reputation gives them fome degree of dictatorial power over Language . The introduction of ...
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... worfe " than their grandfathers ; that they were worse than their fathers ; and " that their children would be worfe than they were ; " defcribing no fewer , after the grandfather , than three fuccef- fions of degeneracy : tas parentum ...
... worfe " than their grandfathers ; that they were worse than their fathers ; and " that their children would be worfe than they were ; " defcribing no fewer , after the grandfather , than three fuccef- fions of degeneracy : tas parentum ...
Inhalt
Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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