The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... once the force of union and the spur of emulation . In short , the opposite situation and circumstances of the present age have bestowed on history its most signal improvement , and have given it a form before unknown . The many and ...
... once the force of union and the spur of emulation . In short , the opposite situation and circumstances of the present age have bestowed on history its most signal improvement , and have given it a form before unknown . The many and ...
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... once . ' - Why , if I may judge from the little I have seen , ' replied the colonel , your young folks have no time for them now - a - days ; their pleasures begin so early , and come so thick .'- ' Tis the way to make the most of their ...
... once . ' - Why , if I may judge from the little I have seen , ' replied the colonel , your young folks have no time for them now - a - days ; their pleasures begin so early , and come so thick .'- ' Tis the way to make the most of their ...
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... once blest with the affection of the best , the most amiable of women . When I married my Maria , engaged to her by that esteem which an acquaintance almost from infancy had produced , I knew not half her worth . The situation in which ...
... once blest with the affection of the best , the most amiable of women . When I married my Maria , engaged to her by that esteem which an acquaintance almost from infancy had produced , I knew not half her worth . The situation in which ...
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... these efforts repaid by me with splenetic indifference , or checked at once by sarcasm or by anger . ' Tis but a poor alleviation of the anguish I feel for these reflections , to remember , that , even while 7 . 39 THE LOUNGER .
... these efforts repaid by me with splenetic indifference , or checked at once by sarcasm or by anger . ' Tis but a poor alleviation of the anguish I feel for these reflections , to remember , that , even while 7 . 39 THE LOUNGER .
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... and respectable family . The estate which I inherit was once reckoned a good one ; but it has comparatively sunk much in its value by the late inundation of fortunes from the East and West Indies . My father be- 46 9 . THE LOUNGER .
... and respectable family . The estate which I inherit was once reckoned a good one ; but it has comparatively sunk much in its value by the late inundation of fortunes from the East and West Indies . My father be- 46 9 . THE LOUNGER .
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