The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... , if not virtue , keeps out of the dissipa- tion of it , who hold a station of less destructive and more dignified indolence , whom the company of their VOL . I. B own thoughts renders independent of vulgar society , and the.
... , if not virtue , keeps out of the dissipa- tion of it , who hold a station of less destructive and more dignified indolence , whom the company of their VOL . I. B own thoughts renders independent of vulgar society , and the.
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... less , and indeed improper , to 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 for- tune , and some ...
... less , and indeed improper , to 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 for- tune , and some ...
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... think the few moments required for the perusal of them will be at least a small portion of life harmlessly spent , and , it may be , saved from less innocent employments . No. 3. SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 19 , 1785 . Quid 2 . 9 THE LOUNGER .
... think the few moments required for the perusal of them will be at least a small portion of life harmlessly spent , and , it may be , saved from less innocent employments . No. 3. SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 19 , 1785 . Quid 2 . 9 THE LOUNGER .
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... less bountiful to Camillus : his figure is mean and un- graceful ; and from his air and manner a stranger would be apt to take him for any thing rather than a gentleman . With all this , Camillus fancies that there is an uncommon degree ...
... less bountiful to Camillus : his figure is mean and un- graceful ; and from his air and manner a stranger would be apt to take him for any thing rather than a gentleman . With all this , Camillus fancies that there is an uncommon degree ...
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... less room to display itself , yet it is not unfrequently to be found . Elizabeth might be quoted as a counterpart to Cicero , were it not that the claim to beauty is so natural to a woman , that we do not wonder when we find even a ...
... less room to display itself , yet it is not unfrequently to be found . Elizabeth might be quoted as a counterpart to Cicero , were it not that the claim to beauty is so natural to a woman , that we do not wonder when we find even a ...
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