The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... fortune ; upon which he forswore society in a great measure , and though he continued for several years to do his duty in the army , and actually rose to the rank of lieutenant- 6 colonel , mixed but little in the world , and 16 4 . THE ...
... fortune ; upon which he forswore society in a great measure , and though he continued for several years to do his duty in the army , and actually rose to the rank of lieutenant- 6 colonel , mixed but little in the world , and 16 4 . THE ...
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... fortune . She weighed with admirable discretion the greater against the lesser duties of life , and made no scruple to sacrifice the one , when they interfered ever so little with the performance of the other . Shall I own , that to me ...
... fortune . She weighed with admirable discretion the greater against the lesser duties of life , and made no scruple to sacrifice the one , when they interfered ever so little with the performance of the other . Shall I own , that to me ...
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... fortune has been made by a steady application to a branch of business that obliges both him and me to be extremely atten- tive to those who employ him . A family of seven children makes it necessary for him still to continue in business ...
... fortune has been made by a steady application to a branch of business that obliges both him and me to be extremely atten- tive to those who employ him . A family of seven children makes it necessary for him still to continue in business ...
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... and respectable family . The estate which I inherit was once reckoned a good one ; but it has comparatively sunk much in its value by the late inundation of fortunes from the East and West Indies . My father be- 46 9 . THE LOUNGER .
... and respectable family . The estate which I inherit was once reckoned a good one ; but it has comparatively sunk much in its value by the late inundation of fortunes from the East and West Indies . My father be- 46 9 . THE LOUNGER .
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... fortune from India , which , it was said , gave him considerable in- fluence in the direction of affairs in that quarter of the world . I was repeatedly told , that one so well known , and so much esteemed in the county as I was , whose ...
... fortune from India , which , it was said , gave him considerable in- fluence in the direction of affairs in that quarter of the world . I was repeatedly told , that one so well known , and so much esteemed in the county as I was , whose ...
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