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James Ferguson. tion of system in the history of mankind ; while at the same time
the literary intercourse of those different kingdoms gives to such researches at
once the force of union and the spur of emulation . In short , the opposite situation
...
James Ferguson. tion of system in the history of mankind ; while at the same time
the literary intercourse of those different kingdoms gives to such researches at
once the force of union and the spur of emulation . In short , the opposite situation
...
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It is something , ' said I , " to have had them 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 ...
It is something , ' said I , " to have had them 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 ...
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He who now addresses you was 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 ...
He who now addresses you was 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 ...
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Too often were 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 . THE LOUNGER . 39.
Too often were 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 . THE LOUNGER . 39.
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V. No. 9. SATURDAY , APRIL 2 , 1785 . 1 TO THE AUTHOR OF THE LOUNGER .
SIR , I am the descendant of an ancient and respectable family . The estate which
I inherit was once reckoned a good one ; but it has comparatively sunk much in ...
V. No. 9. SATURDAY , APRIL 2 , 1785 . 1 TO THE AUTHOR OF THE LOUNGER .
SIR , I am the descendant of an ancient and respectable family . The estate which
I inherit was once reckoned a good one ; but it has comparatively sunk much in ...
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| Title | The British Essayists: Lounger Volume 30 of The British Essayists, James Ferguson Volume 30 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| Editor | James Ferguson |
| Contributor | James Ferguson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2006 |
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