The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page 41
... obliged , from their situation , to be busy . I suffer daily so much from the intrusion of a set of female Loungers ... obliging me to be as idle as themselves . But to make you , sir , fully sensible how much I suffer from ladies who ...
... obliged , from their situation , to be busy . I suffer daily so much from the intrusion of a set of female Loungers ... obliging me to be as idle as themselves . But to make you , sir , fully sensible how much I suffer from ladies who ...
Page 43
... trusion , you will greatly oblige many of your readers , particularly your admirer , M. CAREFUL . There is such an air of goodness in Mrs. Careful's 8 . 43 THE LOUNGER . The evils of a good neighbourhood Craig Prof Richardson.
... trusion , you will greatly oblige many of your readers , particularly your admirer , M. CAREFUL . There is such an air of goodness in Mrs. Careful's 8 . 43 THE LOUNGER . The evils of a good neighbourhood Craig Prof Richardson.
Page 81
... obliged to sell out of the army , and end where he should have begun , in the life of a country- gentleman , with the advantage of having contracted a thorough distaste for it ; of having thrown away , in a round of fashionable vice and ...
... obliged to sell out of the army , and end where he should have begun , in the life of a country- gentleman , with the advantage of having contracted a thorough distaste for it ; of having thrown away , in a round of fashionable vice and ...
Page 107
... obliging as to be a constant visitor . I am really afraid that I must sell my little estate , and leave this part of the country altogether ; that I must try to find out some new place of residence , where nabobs , rajahs , and lacks of ...
... obliging as to be a constant visitor . I am really afraid that I must sell my little estate , and leave this part of the country altogether ; that I must try to find out some new place of residence , where nabobs , rajahs , and lacks of ...
Page 127
... oblige my father to think of retrench- ing his expenses , by returning for a while to the country . Thither accordingly we repaired . I will not trouble you with giving a comparison of the different sensa- tions I felt when I first left ...
... oblige my father to think of retrench- ing his expenses , by returning for a while to the country . Thither accordingly we repaired . I will not trouble you with giving a comparison of the different sensa- tions I felt when I first left ...
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