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It were needless , and indeed improper , tò trouble his readers with the history of
those incidents in his life which have thrown him out of the number of the
professionally busy ; some untoward circumstances in point of fortune , and some
...
It were needless , and indeed improper , tò trouble his readers with the history of
those incidents in his life which have thrown him out of the number of the
professionally busy ; some untoward circumstances in point of fortune , and some
...
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The lady , however , for whom he fought , did not reward her knight as she ought
to have done , but soon after married another man with a larger fortune ; upon
which he forswore society in a great measure , and though he continued for
several ...
The lady , however , for whom he fought , did not reward her knight as she ought
to have done , but soon after married another man with a larger fortune ; upon
which he forswore society in a great measure , and though he continued for
several ...
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though possessing the becoming pride of appearing among her equals with
equal advantages of dress and ornament ; she sparingly indulged in
gratifications which ill accorded with our limited fortune . She weighed with
admirable discretion ...
though possessing the becoming pride of appearing among her equals with
equal advantages of dress and ornament ; she sparingly indulged in
gratifications which ill accorded with our limited fortune . She weighed with
admirable discretion ...
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But to make you , sir , fully sensible how much I suffer from ladies who cannot kill
time at home , I must inform you , that I am the wife of a gentleman whose fortune
has been made by a steady application to a branch of business that obliges ...
But to make you , sir , fully sensible how much I suffer from ladies who cannot kill
time at home , I must inform you , that I am the wife of a gentleman whose fortune
has been made by a steady application to a branch of business that obliges ...
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... value by the late inundation of fortunes 1 from the East and West Indies . My
father 46 THE LOUNGER . 9 .
... value by the late inundation of fortunes 1 from the East and West Indies . My
father 46 THE LOUNGER . 9 .
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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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