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... first and fecond crop means . His fervants eat him out of house and home ; and do juft as they please , while all the ad- vantage he reaps is to be able to tell his acquaintances that he is deter- mined to raise his hay , and to plant B ...
... first and fecond crop means . His fervants eat him out of house and home ; and do juft as they please , while all the ad- vantage he reaps is to be able to tell his acquaintances that he is deter- mined to raise his hay , and to plant B ...
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... first to turn tail upon him , when he becomes poor , which I think can- not be at any great distance . For my part , I think he is mad , and have thought fo a long time . It is a maxim with me , that a man who keeps a town houfe , and a ...
... first to turn tail upon him , when he becomes poor , which I think can- not be at any great distance . For my part , I think he is mad , and have thought fo a long time . It is a maxim with me , that a man who keeps a town houfe , and a ...
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... first place , a rainy day is a day of disappointment , often in matters of business , but more frequent- ly in engagements of pleafure . Hence , of all rainy days , a rainy Sunday is pregnant with the greatest mortifica- tions , and ...
... first place , a rainy day is a day of disappointment , often in matters of business , but more frequent- ly in engagements of pleafure . Hence , of all rainy days , a rainy Sunday is pregnant with the greatest mortifica- tions , and ...
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... first year , when , an acorn will hardly make its appear- ance out of ground . And very fine oak timber , of two load to a tree , has been cut from ftubs . Hedge - row timber is much to be preferred for moulding , and the foreft oak for ...
... first year , when , an acorn will hardly make its appear- ance out of ground . And very fine oak timber , of two load to a tree , has been cut from ftubs . Hedge - row timber is much to be preferred for moulding , and the foreft oak for ...
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... first fight appear to be very opposite to the natural inclination of men , which is to a state of ease and indolence , or , as a friend of mine calls it , the pleasure of fitting ftill , yet it will be found peculiar to fo great a ...
... first fight appear to be very opposite to the natural inclination of men , which is to a state of ease and indolence , or , as a friend of mine calls it , the pleasure of fitting ftill , yet it will be found peculiar to fo great a ...
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