The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... allowed the expression , correspond with himself , and write down , if he can write at all , what he wishes this favourite companion more particularly to remark . Exactly of this sort are the notes and memorandums I have sometimes been ...
... allowed the expression , correspond with himself , and write down , if he can write at all , what he wishes this favourite companion more particularly to remark . Exactly of this sort are the notes and memorandums I have sometimes been ...
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... allowed ) of manners , the laws of civility , of gentleness , of taste , and of feeling , are not precisely set down , and cannot easily be punished in the breach , or rewarded in the observance : and yet their observance forms , amidst ...
... allowed ) of manners , the laws of civility , of gentleness , of taste , and of feeling , are not precisely set down , and cannot easily be punished in the breach , or rewarded in the observance : and yet their observance forms , amidst ...
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... allowed to excel . In judging at least of those around us , we are , I am afraid , too apt to undervalue such as may be deficient in any particular in which we have acquired eminence , however re- spectable such persons may otherwise be ...
... allowed to excel . In judging at least of those around us , we are , I am afraid , too apt to undervalue such as may be deficient in any particular in which we have acquired eminence , however re- spectable such persons may otherwise be ...
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... allowed , it must fol- low , that it is no less unjust than ungenerous , to despise others for the want of a particular quality or accomplishment which we may happen to possess ; because it is extremely probable that we may be equally ...
... allowed , it must fol- low , that it is no less unjust than ungenerous , to despise others for the want of a particular quality or accomplishment which we may happen to possess ; because it is extremely probable that we may be equally ...
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... allowed to be well - bred all the while ; were sometimes a little gross , and called it witty ; and a little rude , and called it raillery : but ' twas false coinage , and never passed long . In- deed , I have generally remarked , that ...
... allowed to be well - bred all the while ; were sometimes a little gross , and called it witty ; and a little rude , and called it raillery : but ' twas false coinage , and never passed long . In- deed , I have generally remarked , that ...
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