The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page 29
... gave me his hand with such an air of cor- diality - methought we had been acquainted these forty years ; -I took it with equal warmth , and as- sured him , truly , it would give me infinite pleasure to attend him . When we went to the ...
... gave me his hand with such an air of cor- diality - methought we had been acquainted these forty years ; -I took it with equal warmth , and as- sured him , truly , it would give me infinite pleasure to attend him . When we went to the ...
Page 48
... gave me much uneasiness . I was informed , that she discovered a fondness for dress , a vanity and love of admiration unworthy of her , and unlike her former deportment . I trembled at those reports ; unsuita- ble as they were to her ...
... gave me much uneasiness . I was informed , that she discovered a fondness for dress , a vanity and love of admiration unworthy of her , and unlike her former deportment . I trembled at those reports ; unsuita- ble as they were to her ...
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... 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 family had been so long and so much re ...
... 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 family had been so long and so much re ...
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... gave up the competition , and left the field to Sir Thomas . No sooner was this known , than my good and trusty friends came all flocking to me , and expressed their astonishment at the step I had taken . They assured me that I had ...
... gave up the competition , and left the field to Sir Thomas . No sooner was this known , than my good and trusty friends came all flocking to me , and expressed their astonishment at the step I had taken . They assured me that I had ...
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... gave me much amusement ; it lay almost entirely in works of taste , the classics , and the best modern books of belles lettres . I felt a vanity in thinking my taste was every day improving , and that my natural sensibility of mind ...
... gave me much amusement ; it lay almost entirely in works of taste , the classics , and the best modern books of belles lettres . I felt a vanity in thinking my taste was every day improving , and that my natural sensibility of mind ...
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