The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... perhaps so difficult as to find out business proper for the idle ; and , though it may appear paradoxical , yet I believe none have so much need of it as they . The man who is professionally employed , in whatever department , goes on ...
... perhaps so difficult as to find out business proper for the idle ; and , though it may appear paradoxical , yet I believe none have so much need of it as they . The man who is professionally employed , in whatever department , goes on ...
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... perhaps blamable from their nicety , drew him , at an early period of life , out from among the bustle of mankind ; but without the misan- thropy that arises from disgust , or the despondency that is sometimes the consequence of ...
... perhaps blamable from their nicety , drew him , at an early period of life , out from among the bustle of mankind ; but without the misan- thropy that arises from disgust , or the despondency that is sometimes the consequence of ...
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... perhaps better calculated than more laboured and more extended compositions , from its diurnal or weekly appearance . The greater virtues are always the same ; but many of the lesser duties of social intercourse receive much of their ...
... perhaps better calculated than more laboured and more extended compositions , from its diurnal or weekly appearance . The greater virtues are always the same ; but many of the lesser duties of social intercourse receive much of their ...
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... perhaps more ideas , more store of mind about him , than would go to the furnishing of twenty brains of mere plodding men of business . The Lounger feels for the family of the idle in all its branches , however distant their relation to ...
... perhaps more ideas , more store of mind about him , than would go to the furnishing of twenty brains of mere plodding men of business . The Lounger feels for the family of the idle in all its branches , however distant their relation to ...
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... perhaps calculated to make a brilliant figure in the senate , his talents were ad- mirably adapted for business , and must in any age have entitled their possessor to respect and consider- ation . Amidst his other studies , the Duke had ...
... perhaps calculated to make a brilliant figure in the senate , his talents were ad- mirably adapted for business , and must in any age have entitled their possessor to respect and consider- ation . Amidst his other studies , the Duke had ...
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