The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... a stranger . Both nations indeed are idle with so much activity , and contrive to do nothing , and to say nothing , with so much interest in their looks , and so much movement in their gestures , that it is no wonder the 1 . 3 THE LOUNGER .
... a stranger . Both nations indeed are idle with so much activity , and contrive to do nothing , and to say nothing , with so much interest in their looks , and so much movement in their gestures , that it is no wonder the 1 . 3 THE LOUNGER .
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... looks forward to the hour when he shall undo his trappings , and enjoy , in his plain apparel , the tale of the day at his family fire - side . A periodical paper , though it may sometimes lift its voice against a neglect of the greater ...
... looks forward to the hour when he shall undo his trappings , and enjoy , in his plain apparel , the tale of the day at his family fire - side . A periodical paper , though it may sometimes lift its voice against a neglect of the greater ...
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... look into some books of physic ; from that moment he commenced a most skilful physician , and , compared to himself , considered the whole faculty as a set of ignorant blunderers . An artful courtier , well acquainted with this whimsey ...
... look into some books of physic ; from that moment he commenced a most skilful physician , and , compared to himself , considered the whole faculty as a set of ignorant blunderers . An artful courtier , well acquainted with this whimsey ...
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... looks down with a conscious superiority on the man of business engaged in the ordinary affairs of life : the men of the world , on the other hand , feeling the importance of their own occupations , con- sider the pursuits of literature ...
... looks down with a conscious superiority on the man of business engaged in the ordinary affairs of life : the men of the world , on the other hand , feeling the importance of their own occupations , con- sider the pursuits of literature ...
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... look for his age , dressed in a claret - coloured coat , with gold buttons , of a cut not altogether modern , an em- broidered waistcoat with very large flaps , a major wig , long ruffles nicely plaited ( that looked however as if the ...
... look for his age , dressed in a claret - coloured coat , with gold buttons , of a cut not altogether modern , an em- broidered waistcoat with very large flaps , a major wig , long ruffles nicely plaited ( that looked however as if the ...
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