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Page 12
The man of letters looks down with a conscious superiority on the man of
business engaged in the ordinary affairs of life : the men of the world , on the
other hand , feeling the importance of their own occupations , consider the
pursuits of ...
The man of letters looks down with a conscious superiority on the man of
business engaged in the ordinary affairs of life : the men of the world , on the
other hand , feeling the importance of their own occupations , consider the
pursuits of ...
Page 13
suaded , his gentle modesty hardly permitted him to consider . It is well known
that Mr. Hume , a few years before his death , received a pension of 2001. a year
. It might have been amusing at the time , to consider the opposite ideas ...
suaded , his gentle modesty hardly permitted him to consider . It is well known
that Mr. Hume , a few years before his death , received a pension of 2001. a year
. It might have been amusing at the time , to consider the opposite ideas ...
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Now - a - days , there are so many irregulars who practise at fifteen , without a
single requisite except mere outside ! —if we go a little farther , and consider a
woman as something fine woman , more than a beauty ; when we regard the sex
6 .
Now - a - days , there are so many irregulars who practise at fifteen , without a
single requisite except mere outside ! —if we go a little farther , and consider a
woman as something fine woman , more than a beauty ; when we regard the sex
6 .
Page 44
There is such an air of goodness in Mrs. Careful's letter , and I consider her
morning's employment as of so very important a kind , that I would do much to
afford her relief ; but really that branch of our family of which she complains is so
...
There is such an air of goodness in Mrs. Careful's letter , and I consider her
morning's employment as of so very important a kind , that I would do much to
afford her relief ; but really that branch of our family of which she complains is so
...
Page 47
It was impossible for me to settle in life till my return from abroad ; and though I
was resolved to consider myself as most strictly engaged to her , yet it struck me
as a want of generosity and confidence , to bring her under any obligation , or to ...
It was impossible for me to settle in life till my return from abroad ; and though I
was resolved to consider myself as most strictly engaged to her , yet it struck me
as a want of generosity and confidence , to bring her under any obligation , or to ...
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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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