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• A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.
• Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
• Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
• Glory is the child of peril.
• I find that the old Roman baths of this quarter, were found covered by an old burying ground, belonging to the Abbey;…
• I think for my part one half of the nation is mad - and the other not very sound.
• A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who…
• Opposition is the very spur of love.
• And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard.
• The capital is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment…
• Italy is certainly the native country of this art: and yet, I do not find the people in general either more musically…

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