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... for some time on his travels , I was not just called a LOUNGER , the French and
Italian languages not possessing an exactly synonymous term , and those which
approach nearest to it not being respectful enough to be applied to a stranger .
... for some time on his travels , I was not just called a LOUNGER , the French and
Italian languages not possessing an exactly synonymous term , and those which
approach nearest to it not being respectful enough to be applied to a stranger .
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Camillus is a barrister of the first eminence , possessed of great knowledge in his
profession , an acute reasoner , and a powerful pleader . In external appearance
nature has been less bountiful to Camillus : his figure is mean and ungraceful ...
Camillus is a barrister of the first eminence , possessed of great knowledge in his
profession , an acute reasoner , and a powerful pleader . In external appearance
nature has been less bountiful to Camillus : his figure is mean and ungraceful ...
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But the most amusing instance of this sort I have met with was that of the late
Duke of His Grace was undoubtedly possessed of sound judgment , a cultivated
understanding , a greater portion of knowledge than usually falls to the share of ...
But the most amusing instance of this sort I have met with was that of the late
Duke of His Grace was undoubtedly possessed of sound judgment , a cultivated
understanding , a greater portion of knowledge than usually falls to the share of ...
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They possessed not that extensive experience , nor that large collection of facts ,
which can alone lead to general reasonings , or can suggest the idea of
philosophical history . Nothing farther could occur to them as the object of history
, but to ...
They possessed not that extensive experience , nor that large collection of facts ,
which can alone lead to general reasonings , or can suggest the idea of
philosophical history . Nothing farther could occur to them as the object of history
, but to ...
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The same person who at one time possessed our approbation or esteem , at
another is perhaps become the object of our aversion . The man whom formerly ,
perhaps , we disregarded as of a weak understanding , we afterwards discover to
...
The same person who at one time possessed our approbation or esteem , at
another is perhaps become the object of our aversion . The man whom formerly ,
perhaps , we disregarded as of a weak understanding , we afterwards discover to
...
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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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