The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... mean that of his own mind . He trusts his publication will be such as to risk nothing on this ground ; it is the only promise which he will venture on its behalf . It may be gay without wit , and grave without depth , when its author is ...
... mean that of his own mind . He trusts his publication will be such as to risk nothing on this ground ; it is the only promise which he will venture on its behalf . It may be gay without wit , and grave without depth , when its author is ...
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... 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 of elegance in his form , and cannot ...
... 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 of elegance in his form , and cannot ...
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... mean , that has no connexion with any thing material ; at least no more than just to make one think such a soul is lodged as it deserves . —In short , sir , a fine woman , -I could have shown you some examples formerly . - I mean ...
... mean , that has no connexion with any thing material ; at least no more than just to make one think such a soul is lodged as it deserves . —In short , sir , a fine woman , -I could have shown you some examples formerly . - I mean ...
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... means of pleasing than anxious to gather the materials of in- struction . But when all her arts of pleasing had been exhausted ; when the charms of novelty and the blossom of youth were gone , she began to feel the decay of her power ...
... means of pleasing than anxious to gather the materials of in- struction . But when all her arts of pleasing had been exhausted ; when the charms of novelty and the blossom of youth were gone , she began to feel the decay of her power ...
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... means of rendering history in- structive . In the former of these classes we must rank almost all the celebrated historians of ancient Greece and Rome . In general they merely relate distinguished events ; but to search out and reflect ...
... means of rendering history in- structive . In the former of these classes we must rank almost all the celebrated historians of ancient Greece and Rome . In general they merely relate distinguished events ; but to search out and reflect ...
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