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Some account of the late Mr. William Strahan 30. Letter from a member of the
Mirror Club , relating some particulars of that society • Abercromby 31. On rural
pleasures and rural contemplation - A visit of the author to the country dwelling of
Col.
Some account of the late Mr. William Strahan 30. Letter from a member of the
Mirror Club , relating some particulars of that society • Abercromby 31. On rural
pleasures and rural contemplation - A visit of the author to the country dwelling of
Col.
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But the most amusing instance of this sort I have met with was that of the late
Duke of His Grace was undoubtedly possessed of sound judgment , a cultivated
understanding , a greater portion of knowledge than usually falls to the share of ...
But the most amusing instance of this sort I have met with was that of the late
Duke of His Grace was undoubtedly possessed of sound judgment , a cultivated
understanding , a greater portion of knowledge than usually falls to the share of ...
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Mirtilla has of late turned her fine eyes from terrestrial objects to the study of
astronomy ; and you cannot flatter her so much as by asking her opinion of the
last new meteor , or the Georgium Sidus . And Euanthe , since she read Reaumur
, has ...
Mirtilla has of late turned her fine eyes from terrestrial objects to the study of
astronomy ; and you cannot flatter her so much as by asking her opinion of the
last new meteor , or the Georgium Sidus . And Euanthe , since she read Reaumur
, has ...
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... have been brought in to make up a set , as people in the country sometimes fill
up the places in a dance with chairs , to help them to go through the figure.Bụt as
I came too late for the minuets , I presume the dressed gentlemen walked up ...
... have been brought in to make up a set , as people in the country sometimes fill
up the places in a dance with chairs , to help them to go through the figure.Bụt as
I came too late for the minuets , I presume the dressed gentlemen walked up ...
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... part of historians ; and their aim of instruction has seldom gone farther than to
illustrate some moral precept , and to improve the heart by exhibiting bright and
illustrious examples of virtue . It is of late only that history , by taking a wider
range ...
... part of historians ; and their aim of instruction has seldom gone farther than to
illustrate some moral precept , and to improve the heart by exhibiting bright and
illustrious examples of virtue . It is of late only that history , by taking a wider
range ...
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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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