The Craftsman, 11. köideR. Francelin, 1737 |
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... but even imprac ticable and ridiculous . Since I have enter'd upon this Subject , I fhall no Doubt have many Panegyricks fent Me upon the VOL . XI . B Virtues , Virtues , the Beauties , and Rhetorick of GOLD ; N ° 357. The CRAFTSMAN . 13.
... but even imprac ticable and ridiculous . Since I have enter'd upon this Subject , I fhall no Doubt have many Panegyricks fent Me upon the VOL . XI . B Virtues , Virtues , the Beauties , and Rhetorick of GOLD ; N ° 357. The CRAFTSMAN . 13.
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... ridiculous a Fashion . I have , indeed , the Pleasure to observe many brave Men in the Kingdom , to whom there is no Neceffity of preaching this Doctrine ; and in whom a Zeal for the Service of their Country is too deeply ingrafted , to ...
... ridiculous a Fashion . I have , indeed , the Pleasure to observe many brave Men in the Kingdom , to whom there is no Neceffity of preaching this Doctrine ; and in whom a Zeal for the Service of their Country is too deeply ingrafted , to ...
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... ridiculous Reprefentative of a Man , who expofes Himself very indecently by climbing too high . As for myself , I could expect nothing but the fharp- eft Refentment from a Perfon of fuch Eminence , whom I had treated in fo contemptuous ...
... ridiculous Reprefentative of a Man , who expofes Himself very indecently by climbing too high . As for myself , I could expect nothing but the fharp- eft Refentment from a Perfon of fuch Eminence , whom I had treated in fo contemptuous ...
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... ridiculous Claim of HEREDI- TARY RIGHT , is bordering upon high Treason . That the MAJESTY OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE is invested by our Laws in the Perfon of the KING . That the CROWN ought to have a pecuniary Influ- ence over the HOUSE OF ...
... ridiculous Claim of HEREDI- TARY RIGHT , is bordering upon high Treason . That the MAJESTY OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE is invested by our Laws in the Perfon of the KING . That the CROWN ought to have a pecuniary Influ- ence over the HOUSE OF ...
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... ridiculous Pageantry of their Figures abates a good deal of that proteftant Indignation , which the Cere- mony was originally intended to excite . For this Rea- fon , when a famous Projector was treated in the fame Manner , on the 11th ...
... ridiculous Pageantry of their Figures abates a good deal of that proteftant Indignation , which the Cere- mony was originally intended to excite . For this Rea- fon , when a famous Projector was treated in the fame Manner , on the 11th ...
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