The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page 9
... attention of a thou- sand professed sacrificers to the Graces . Idleness , or that species of little occupations which is attached to no particular business or profession , is a state more difficult to support than is generally imagined ...
... attention of a thou- sand professed sacrificers to the Graces . Idleness , or that species of little occupations which is attached to no particular business or profession , is a state more difficult to support than is generally imagined ...
Page 20
... attention to appearance , some deference to society . The young men I see here look as if they had just had time to throw off their boots after a fox - chase . But yet dress is only an accessory , that should seem to belong to the ...
... attention to appearance , some deference to society . The young men I see here look as if they had just had time to throw off their boots after a fox - chase . But yet dress is only an accessory , that should seem to belong to the ...
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... attention to him who truly desires to attain a knowledge of his own character . It furnishes that species of proof which is attended with direct con- viction , and which it is impossible to resist . We are compelled to acknowledge the ...
... attention to him who truly desires to attain a knowledge of his own character . It furnishes that species of proof which is attended with direct con- viction , and which it is impossible to resist . We are compelled to acknowledge the ...
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... attention , and whom unluckily , as Mrs. Careful observes , those doors only can shut out whose owners would suffer least from their getting in . None but people of a certain rank can always prevent those unwelcome visitors from ...
... attention , and whom unluckily , as Mrs. Careful observes , those doors only can shut out whose owners would suffer least from their getting in . None but people of a certain rank can always prevent those unwelcome visitors from ...
Page 59
... attention to the dress of the gentlemen at table , and I found that all of them were dressed in buff waistcoats , to which some of them , who appeared to be most zealous in their political principles , had added buff breeches . I then ...
... attention to the dress of the gentlemen at table , and I found that all of them were dressed in buff waistcoats , to which some of them , who appeared to be most zealous in their political principles , had added buff breeches . I then ...
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