The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page v
... continued . 29. Some account of the late Mr. William Strahan • 30. Letter from a member of the Mirror Club , relating some particulars of that society . Abercromby 31. On rural pleasures and rural contempla- tion - A visit of the author ...
... continued . 29. Some account of the late Mr. William Strahan • 30. Letter from a member of the Mirror Club , relating some particulars of that society . Abercromby 31. On rural pleasures and rural contempla- tion - A visit of the author ...
Page vii
... continued - Moral ef- fects of comedy · · 51. Senex on our neglect of the improvement and of the progress of time - Proposal by Memory Modish for a new sort of memorandum - book of things to be forgotten Mackenzie Craig Mackenzie THE ...
... continued - Moral ef- fects of comedy · · 51. Senex on our neglect of the improvement and of the progress of time - Proposal by Memory Modish for a new sort of memorandum - book of things to be forgotten Mackenzie Craig Mackenzie THE ...
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... continued my friend , a professed admirer and votary of the sex ; and when he was a young man fought three duels for the honour of the ladies , in one of which he was run through the body , but luckily escaped with his life . The lady ...
... continued my friend , a professed admirer and votary of the sex ; and when he was a young man fought three duels for the honour of the ladies , in one of which he was run through the body , but luckily escaped with his life . The lady ...
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... continued he , ' I speak to you because you look like one that can understand me- there is nothing about a woman's person merely ( were she formed like the Venus de Medicis ) , that can con- stitute a fine woman . There is something in ...
... continued he , ' I speak to you because you look like one that can understand me- there is nothing about a woman's person merely ( were she formed like the Venus de Medicis ) , that can con- stitute a fine woman . There is something in ...
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... continued the colonel , that of a man or woman of fashion should be such as to mark some 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 ...
... continued the colonel , that of a man or woman of fashion should be such as to mark some 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 ...
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