The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page iii
... Character of the author , indolent with feeling , and vacant with observation 2. Importance of the duty of manners 3. The vanity of skill in what we do not know , and the pedantry of valuing ourselves on those branches of know- ledge ...
... Character of the author , indolent with feeling , and vacant with observation 2. Importance of the duty of manners 3. The vanity of skill in what we do not know , and the pedantry of valuing ourselves on those branches of know- ledge ...
Page iv
... character - Judgment of a company drawn from the different appearance of their hats • 13. The consequences of a town education and society to the family of a country gen- Anonymous Craig Abercromby Anonymous Cullen tleman ; in a letter ...
... character - Judgment of a company drawn from the different appearance of their hats • 13. The consequences of a town education and society to the family of a country gen- Anonymous Craig Abercromby Anonymous Cullen tleman ; in a letter ...
Page v
... character of his sister 33. Relation of a visit to the house of Lord Grubwell , a neighbour of Col. Caustic's 34. Importance of feelings accommodated to happiness , illustrated in the characters of Clitander and Eudocius No. 35 ...
... character of his sister 33. Relation of a visit to the house of Lord Grubwell , a neighbour of Col. Caustic's 34. Importance of feelings accommodated to happiness , illustrated in the characters of Clitander and Eudocius No. 35 ...
Page vi
... Character and story of Flavillus Craig 36. Narrative of a country family raised to sudden affluence by the arrival of a son from India , and of the taxes to which the enjoyment of its wealth is subject ; in a letter from Marjory ...
... Character and story of Flavillus Craig 36. Narrative of a country family raised to sudden affluence by the arrival of a son from India , and of the taxes to which the enjoyment of its wealth is subject ; in a letter from Marjory ...
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... characters . It were need- less , and indeed improper , to trouble his readers with the history of those incidents in his life which have thrown him out of the number of the professionally busy ; some untoward circumstances in point of ...
... characters . It were need- less , and indeed improper , to trouble his readers with the history of those incidents in his life which have thrown him out of the number of the professionally busy ; some untoward circumstances in point of ...
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