The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... ladies • 11. Life of Sir Thomas Lounger , busy in prospect , and doing nothing 12. Trifling circumstances often form the criterion of character - Judgment of a company drawn from the different appearance of their hats • 13. The ...
... ladies • 11. Life of Sir Thomas Lounger , busy in prospect , and doing nothing 12. Trifling circumstances often form the criterion of character - Judgment of a company drawn from the different appearance of their hats • 13. The ...
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... ladies who forget the certain empire of their beauty , and aspire to the doubtful reputation of knowledge . Mirtilla has of late turned her fine eyes 3 . 11 THE LOUNGER . political violence, especially in ladies Life of Sir Thomas ...
... ladies who forget the certain empire of their beauty , and aspire to the doubtful reputation of knowledge . Mirtilla has of late turned her fine eyes 3 . 11 THE LOUNGER . political violence, especially in ladies Life of Sir Thomas ...
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... ladies , in one of which he was run through the body , but luckily escaped with his life . The lady , however , for whom he fought , did not reward her knight as she ought to have done , but soon after married an- other man with a ...
... ladies , in one of which he was run through the body , but luckily escaped with his life . The lady , however , for whom he fought , did not reward her knight as she ought to have done , but soon after married an- other man with a ...
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... ladies seem to have been at a loss for partners . I suppose the greatest part of the men , or rather boys , whom I see now standing up to dance , have been brought in to make up a set , as people in the country sometimes fill up the ...
... ladies seem to have been at a loss for partners . I suppose the greatest part of the men , or rather boys , whom I see now standing up to dance , have been brought in to make up a set , as people in the country sometimes fill up the ...
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... ladies . ' ' I think , however , ' said Mr. S- , smiling , ' the ladies don't seem much afraid of them . ' Why ... lady and her party , for whose appearance the dancers were waiting , were just en- tering the room , and seemed in a ...
... ladies . ' ' I think , however , ' said Mr. S- , smiling , ' the ladies don't seem much afraid of them . ' Why ... lady and her party , for whose appearance the dancers were waiting , were just en- tering the room , and seemed in a ...
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