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Page 12
... men of the world , on the other hand , feeling the importance of their own
occupations , consider the pursuits of literature as at best but a finer species of
dissipation , a mere pastime , leading to no end , and attended with no
consequence .
... men of the world , on the other hand , feeling the importance of their own
occupations , consider the pursuits of literature as at best but a finer species of
dissipation , a mere pastime , leading to no end , and attended with no
consequence .
Page 15
Laudator temporis acti . JUVENAL . ' Get thee a place , for I must be idle , ' says
Hamlet to Horatio at the play . It is often so with me at public places : I am more
employed in attending to the spectators than to the entertainment ; a practice
which ...
Laudator temporis acti . JUVENAL . ' Get thee a place , for I must be idle , ' says
Hamlet to Horatio at the play . It is often so with me at public places : I am more
employed in attending to the spectators than to the entertainment ; a practice
which ...
Page 29
... it would give me infinite pleasure to attend him . When we went to the theatre in
the evening , and while I was reading the box list , to determine where we should
endeavour to find a place , a lady of the colonel's acquaintance happening to ...
... it would give me infinite pleasure to attend him . When we went to the theatre in
the evening , and while I was reading the box list , to determine where we should
endeavour to find a place , a lady of the colonel's acquaintance happening to ...
Page 32
Before the dropping of the curtain , however , it was not easy to attend to that
winding up of the plot which was promised us . Between gentlemen coming into
the house from dinner parties , and ladies going out of it to evening ones , the ...
Before the dropping of the curtain , however , it was not easy to attend to that
winding up of the plot which was promised us . Between gentlemen coming into
the house from dinner parties , and ladies going out of it to evening ones , the ...
Page 36
... in every thing that regards a truly deserving character ; who does not feel a
sensible pleasure in those instances where the benevolent purposes of such a
person have been attended with success , or his virtuous actions followed by
reward .
... in every thing that regards a truly deserving character ; who does not feel a
sensible pleasure in those instances where the benevolent purposes of such a
person have been attended with success , or his virtuous actions followed by
reward .
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| Title | The British Essayists: Lounger Volume 30 of The British Essayists, James Ferguson Volume 30 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| Editor | James Ferguson |
| Contributor | James Ferguson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2006 |
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