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An old bachelor like me , who has no girls of his own , except he is a very peevish
fellow , which I hope I am not , looks on every one of these young creatures in
some measure as a daughter ; and when I think how many children of that sort I ...
An old bachelor like me , who has no girls of his own , except he is a very peevish
fellow , which I hope I am not , looks on every one of these young creatures in
some measure as a daughter ; and when I think how many children of that sort I ...
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Our three daughters I am attempting to educate under my own eye , as the
present boarding schools and governesses are much too expensive for people of
our moderate fortune . I find so much pleasure in superintending every part of tell
us ...
Our three daughters I am attempting to educate under my own eye , as the
present boarding schools and governesses are much too expensive for people of
our moderate fortune . I find so much pleasure in superintending every part of tell
us ...
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tell us my daughters ' education , that not an hour of the day is unemployed , or
can hang heavy on my hands : but alas , sir , how cruelly teasing is it , when I am
set down to hear my youngest girl read , with Eliza and Mary at their work seated
...
tell us my daughters ' education , that not an hour of the day is unemployed , or
can hang heavy on my hands : but alas , sir , how cruelly teasing is it , when I am
set down to hear my youngest girl read , with Eliza and Mary at their work seated
...
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TO THE AUTHOR OF THE LOUNGER . and as SIR , I INHERITED from my
ancestors an estate of about 10001. a year ; I never had any desire for figuring in
the world , I married , early in life , the daughter of a neighbouring gentleman ,
and till ...
TO THE AUTHOR OF THE LOUNGER . and as SIR , I INHERITED from my
ancestors an estate of about 10001. a year ; I never had any desire for figuring in
the world , I married , early in life , the daughter of a neighbouring gentleman ,
and till ...
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The beauty and accomplishments of my daughters had now become a favourite
topic with my wife and other friends of my family ; and to have buried them in a
country retirement would have been deemed the height of folly and barbarity ...
The beauty and accomplishments of my daughters had now become a favourite
topic with my wife and other friends of my family ; and to have buried them in a
country retirement would have been deemed the height of folly and barbarity ...
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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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