The Craftsman, 7. köideR. Francelin, 1731 |
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... hath died away , whilst all that could be done to keep it alive was doing by Thofe , who profeffed it , and by Thofe , who valued and recommended themselves on their Oppo- fition to all the Effects of it ; if we confider the • Numbers ...
... hath died away , whilst all that could be done to keep it alive was doing by Thofe , who profeffed it , and by Thofe , who valued and recommended themselves on their Oppo- fition to all the Effects of it ; if we confider the • Numbers ...
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... - tions He meets with in Hiftory , instead of making his own upon the Examination and Comparison of the Facts and Characters . He finds there ; and that the the Example He hath chofen will come out against • 2 & N ° 219 The CRAFTSMAN .
... - tions He meets with in Hiftory , instead of making his own upon the Examination and Comparison of the Facts and Characters . He finds there ; and that the the Example He hath chofen will come out against • 2 & N ° 219 The CRAFTSMAN .
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... hath applyed it to . In the mean Time , let us obferve that the Alarm , which • hath been taken by fome of this Company , and I fuppofe by others , at the Publication of that stupid Paper in Fog's Journal , fhews how little Reafon there ...
... hath applyed it to . In the mean Time , let us obferve that the Alarm , which • hath been taken by fome of this Company , and I fuppofe by others , at the Publication of that stupid Paper in Fog's Journal , fhews how little Reafon there ...
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... hath hurt any Body by it , He hath hurt himself ; and the Weight , which is laid upon it by Thofe on one Side , ( who , perhaps , writ it ) is as ridiculous as the Project of Thofe , who 6 thought : 6 . thought to advance the Jacobite ...
... hath hurt any Body by it , He hath hurt himself ; and the Weight , which is laid upon it by Thofe on one Side , ( who , perhaps , writ it ) is as ridiculous as the Project of Thofe , who 6 thought : 6 . thought to advance the Jacobite ...
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... hath look'd into thofe Books , and not from his idle Imagination of what an Author would , or would not have faid , agreeably to the Character of the Author , which his Ignorance hath taken upon Trust . My old Gentleman never faid that ...
... hath look'd into thofe Books , and not from his idle Imagination of what an Author would , or would not have faid , agreeably to the Character of the Author , which his Ignorance hath taken upon Trust . My old Gentleman never faid that ...
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