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... ftream : both which I perceive you enjoy within these pales in their utmost perfection . Happy creature ! continued he , how much I envy your lot ! who are in full poffeffion of the utmost I defire : for philofophy has long taught me to ...
... ftream : both which I perceive you enjoy within these pales in their utmost perfection . Happy creature ! continued he , how much I envy your lot ! who are in full poffeffion of the utmost I defire : for philofophy has long taught me to ...
Page 75
... ftream , while the other rushed along with a founding and rapid current . Sifter , faid the latter , at the rate you move , you will proba- bly be dried up before you advance much far- ther whereas , for myself , I will venture a wa ...
... ftream , while the other rushed along with a founding and rapid current . Sifter , faid the latter , at the rate you move , you will proba- bly be dried up before you advance much far- ther whereas , for myself , I will venture a wa ...
Page 119
... ftream ; by means of which the poor Ant , like a hip - wrecked failor upon a plank , got fafe to land . She had fcarcely arrived there , when the perceived a fowler juft going to dif charge his piece at her deliverer : upon which The ...
... ftream ; by means of which the poor Ant , like a hip - wrecked failor upon a plank , got fafe to land . She had fcarcely arrived there , when the perceived a fowler juft going to dif charge his piece at her deliverer : upon which The ...
Page 173
... ftream to ftream , from tree to tree , and from the plain to the moun- tain : I have provided for posterity , and shall leave behind me a numerous offspring to people the next age of to - morrow : in short , I have fulfilled all the ...
... ftream to ftream , from tree to tree , and from the plain to the moun- tain : I have provided for posterity , and shall leave behind me a numerous offspring to people the next age of to - morrow : in short , I have fulfilled all the ...
Page 189
... ftream ! faid he , why wilt thou haften to exhaust thy source , and thus wilfully incur the contempt that waits on poverty ? Art thou ignorant that thy , funds are by no means equal to this expence ?: Fear not , my kind advifer ...
... ftream ! faid he , why wilt thou haften to exhaust thy source , and thus wilfully incur the contempt that waits on poverty ? Art thou ignorant that thy , funds are by no means equal to this expence ?: Fear not , my kind advifer ...
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