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For that purpose it is perhaps better calculated than more laboured and more
extended compositions , from its diurnal or weekly appearance . The greater
virtues are always the same ; but many of the lesser duties of social intercourse
receive ...
For that purpose it is perhaps better calculated than more laboured and more
extended compositions , from its diurnal or weekly appearance . The greater
virtues are always the same ; but many of the lesser duties of social intercourse
receive ...
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... I am newly come from the country ; I shall keep a better countenance by and by
At that moment a lady and her party , for whose appearance the dancers were
waiting , were just entering the room , and seemed in a great hurry to get forward
.
... I am newly come from the country ; I shall keep a better countenance by and by
At that moment a lady and her party , for whose appearance the dancers were
waiting , were just entering the room , and seemed in a great hurry to get forward
.
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I mean , however , no disparagement to the young ladies here ; none , upon my
honour ; they are as well made , and if not better dressed , at least more dressed
than their predecessors ; and their complexions I think are better . But I am an old
...
I mean , however , no disparagement to the young ladies here ; none , upon my
honour ; they are as well made , and if not better dressed , at least more dressed
than their predecessors ; and their complexions I think are better . But I am an old
...
Page 22
deed , I have generally remarked , that people did so only because they could not
do better ; ' tis sike pleading privilege for a debt which a man's own funds do not
enable him to pay . A great man may perhaps be well - bred in a manner which ...
deed , I have generally remarked , that people did so only because they could not
do better ; ' tis sike pleading privilege for a debt which a man's own funds do not
enable him to pay . A great man may perhaps be well - bred in a manner which ...
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No , upon my soul , don't I ; I hope you think better of me than to suppose so . ' -
But I may come down from my declamation , Yonder are a set , fluttering in that
box there , young , to be sure , but they will never be older , except in wrinkles — I
...
No , upon my soul , don't I ; I hope you think better of me than to suppose so . ' -
But I may come down from my declamation , Yonder are a set , fluttering in that
box there , young , to be sure , but they will never be older , except in wrinkles — I
...
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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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