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... tory was published , the difficulties through which that work struggled into light , led our author's mind to consider the common fate of posthumous 66 publications . In the course of this , in BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE .
... tory was published , the difficulties through which that work struggled into light , led our author's mind to consider the common fate of posthumous 66 publications . In the course of this , in BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE .
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... difficulty of finding a proper title . Two writers , since the time of the Spectator , have assumed his name , without any pretensions to lawful inheritance ; an effort was once made to revive the Tatler ; and the strange appellations ...
... difficulty of finding a proper title . Two writers , since the time of the Spectator , have assumed his name , without any pretensions to lawful inheritance ; an effort was once made to revive the Tatler ; and the strange appellations ...
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... difficulties oppress , and his doubts distract him ; he sees time come and go without his wonted gratification , and all is sadness within , and solitude about him . But this uneasiness never lasts long ; necessity produces expedients ...
... difficulties oppress , and his doubts distract him ; he sees time come and go without his wonted gratification , and all is sadness within , and solitude about him . But this uneasiness never lasts long ; necessity produces expedients ...
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... difficulty ; nor too little , " for then he will make but slow advances . " This is a precept which may be applauded in a book , but will fail in the trial , in which every change will be found too great or too little . Those who have ...
... difficulty ; nor too little , " for then he will make but slow advances . " This is a precept which may be applauded in a book , but will fail in the trial , in which every change will be found too great or too little . Those who have ...
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... difficulty begin together . To dress food for the stomach is easy , the art is to irritate the palate when the stomach is sufficed . A rude hand may build walls , form roofs , and lay floors , and pro- vide all that warmth and security ...
... difficulty begin together . To dress food for the stomach is easy , the art is to irritate the palate when the stomach is sufficed . A rude hand may build walls , form roofs , and lay floors , and pro- vide all that warmth and security ...
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