The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... acquainted with Col. Caustic , a fine gentleman of the last age , somewhat severe in his remarks on the present 5. On the writing of history - Ancient hi- story compared with modern ยท 6. The author attends Col. Caustic to a play ...
... acquainted with Col. Caustic , a fine gentleman of the last age , somewhat severe in his remarks on the present 5. On the writing of history - Ancient hi- story compared with modern ยท 6. The author attends Col. Caustic to a play ...
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nomination more innocent than respectable . I was called a LOUNGER by all my acquaintance , and much the greater part of my friends agreed to the appel- lation . If at any time I felt the undignified sound of the name , yet I took ...
nomination more innocent than respectable . I was called a LOUNGER by all my acquaintance , and much the greater part of my friends agreed to the appel- lation . If at any time I felt the undignified sound of the name , yet I took ...
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... acquainted with , though he can live on air , can- not subsist in vacuo : and the idler of a higher sort needs perhaps more ideas , more store of mind about him , than would go to the furnishing of twenty brains of mere plodding men of ...
... acquainted with , though he can live on air , can- not subsist in vacuo : and the idler of a higher sort needs perhaps more ideas , more store of mind about him , than would go to the furnishing of twenty brains of mere plodding men of ...
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... acquainted with this whimsey of his Grace's , contrived to let it be known , that he was affected with a particular disorder ; in the cure of which the Duke thought himself more than commonly expert . He kindly offered his assistance ...
... acquainted with this whimsey of his Grace's , contrived to let it be known , that he was affected with a particular disorder ; in the cure of which the Duke thought himself more than commonly expert . He kindly offered his assistance ...
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... acquainted these forty years ; -I took it with equal warmth , and as- sured him , truly , it would give me infinite ... acquaintance happening to come in , begged our acceptance of places in her box . We entered accordingly ; and I ...
... acquainted these forty years ; -I took it with equal warmth , and as- sured him , truly , it would give me infinite ... acquaintance happening to come in , begged our acceptance of places in her box . We entered accordingly ; and I ...
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