The British Essayists: RamblerAlexander Chalmers J. M'Creery, Printer, 1817 |
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... Wealth - the Visit of Serotinus to the Place of his Na- tivity ..... 166. Favour not easily gained by the Poor . 167. The Marriage of Hymenæus and 168. Poetry debased by mean Expressions -an Example from Shakspeare 169. Labour necessary ...
... Wealth - the Visit of Serotinus to the Place of his Na- tivity ..... 166. Favour not easily gained by the Poor . 167. The Marriage of Hymenæus and 168. Poetry debased by mean Expressions -an Example from Shakspeare 169. Labour necessary ...
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... wealth of the present inhabitants of a country cannot be much increased by an inquiry after the names of those barbarians , who destroyed one another twenty centuries ago , in contests for the shelter of woods or convenience of ...
... wealth of the present inhabitants of a country cannot be much increased by an inquiry after the names of those barbarians , who destroyed one another twenty centuries ago , in contests for the shelter of woods or convenience of ...
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... hopes , in freedom live and die . SENECA . F. LEWIS . NONE of the cruelties exercised by wealth and power upon indigence and dependence is more • mischievous in its consequences , or more frequently practised 16 N ° 165 . THE RAMBLER .
... hopes , in freedom live and die . SENECA . F. LEWIS . NONE of the cruelties exercised by wealth and power upon indigence and dependence is more • mischievous in its consequences , or more frequently practised 16 N ° 165 . THE RAMBLER .
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... ; and , among many proofs of the impotence of wealth , I found that it conferred upon me very few distinctions in my native place . I am , Sir , yours , & c . SEROTINUS . N ° 166. SATURDAY , OCT . 19 , 1751 32 N ° 165 . THE RAMBLER .
... ; and , among many proofs of the impotence of wealth , I found that it conferred upon me very few distinctions in my native place . I am , Sir , yours , & c . SEROTINUS . N ° 166. SATURDAY , OCT . 19 , 1751 32 N ° 165 . THE RAMBLER .
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... wealth is elevated towards higher stations , and seldom descends to examine the actions of those who are placed below the level of its notice , and who , in distant regions and lower situations , are struggling with distress , or ...
... wealth is elevated towards higher stations , and seldom descends to examine the actions of those who are placed below the level of its notice , and who , in distant regions and lower situations , are struggling with distress , or ...
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