The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... excellent comedy , since you tell me so ; and to be sure those gentlemen and ladies who make up the dramatis persona of it say a number of good things , some of them not the worse for having been said last century by Joe Miller ; but I ...
... excellent comedy , since you tell me so ; and to be sure those gentlemen and ladies who make up the dramatis persona of it say a number of good things , some of them not the worse for having been said last century by Joe Miller ; but I ...
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... excellent woman appeared oftener to merit blame than approbation ! Regardless of consequences , and careless of the future while I enjoyed the present , I censured that moderation , which was a continual reproach to my own profuse- ness ...
... excellent woman appeared oftener to merit blame than approbation ! Regardless of consequences , and careless of the future while I enjoyed the present , I censured that moderation , which was a continual reproach to my own profuse- ness ...
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... of their minds , there was a reproof to my situation which I could not easily bear ; when they were gone , I felt a greater blank than ever , and upbraided myself for prizing so little their excellent company . 54 9 . THE LOUNGER .
... of their minds , there was a reproof to my situation which I could not easily bear ; when they were gone , I felt a greater blank than ever , and upbraided myself for prizing so little their excellent company . 54 9 . THE LOUNGER .
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upbraided myself for prizing so little their excellent company . Such now is , and such for many years past has been , the tenor of my life . I could picture it out more fully by a variety of other particulars ; but I must have already ...
upbraided myself for prizing so little their excellent company . Such now is , and such for many years past has been , the tenor of my life . I could picture it out more fully by a variety of other particulars ; but I must have already ...
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... the honour to subscribe , I send you a short article , which I beg you will pub- lish in your entertaining paper , as a specimen of this excellent work . 6 My late cousin , Sir Thomas Lounger , of 66 11 . THE LOUNGER .
... the honour to subscribe , I send you a short article , which I beg you will pub- lish in your entertaining paper , as a specimen of this excellent work . 6 My late cousin , Sir Thomas Lounger , of 66 11 . THE LOUNGER .
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