The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... circumstances often form the criterion of 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 ...
... circumstances often form the criterion of 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 ...
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... circumstances in point of for- tune , and some feelings , perhaps blamable from their nicety , drew him , at an early period of life , out from among the bustle of mankind ; but without the misan- thropy that arises from disgust , or ...
... circumstances in point of for- tune , and some feelings , perhaps blamable from their nicety , drew him , at an early period of life , out from among the bustle of mankind ; but without the misan- thropy that arises from disgust , or ...
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• honour in stations of public consequence , or in nice and important circumstances of private duty . In the earlier periods of society , a very simple code of morality and of rectitude was all that was necessary . To control the ...
• honour in stations of public consequence , or in nice and important circumstances of private duty . In the earlier periods of society , a very simple code of morality and of rectitude was all that was necessary . To control the ...
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... circumstances of custom and of fashion . But the creed of custom is not always that of right ; and it is the privilege of such a work , as well as one of its chief uses , to attack the entrench- ments of fashion , whenever she is at war ...
... circumstances of custom and of fashion . But the creed of custom is not always that of right ; and it is the privilege of such a work , as well as one of its chief uses , to attack the entrench- ments of fashion , whenever she is at war ...
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... I am per- suaded , his gentle modesty hardly permitted him to consider 12 3 . THE LOUNGER . Trifling circumstances often form criterion of character-Judgment a company drawn from the different appearance of their hats.
... I am per- suaded , his gentle modesty hardly permitted him to consider 12 3 . THE LOUNGER . Trifling circumstances often form criterion of character-Judgment a company drawn from the different appearance of their hats.
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