The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... ranked me under the class of men which the title of LoUNGER distinguishes . He whose walks are pointed neither to the resorts of the merchant , the lawyer , the soldier , or the church- man , it may fairly be supposed has no motive for ...
... ranked me under the class of men which the title of LoUNGER distinguishes . He whose walks are pointed neither to the resorts of the merchant , the lawyer , the soldier , or the church- man , it may fairly be supposed has no motive for ...
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... rank ; and though not 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 ...
... rank ; and though not 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 ...
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... rank and condition of life ; and even the best , the most moderate , and the most cultivated minds , are not , perhaps , altogether exempted from it . Mr. Hume , in his History of England , expresses himself in the following terms ...
... rank and condition of life ; and even the best , the most moderate , and the most cultivated minds , are not , perhaps , altogether exempted from it . Mr. Hume , in his History of England , expresses himself in the following terms ...
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... ranked with those whose envied lot it had been to inform , to enlighten , to delight mankind ; while his patrons , distinguished only by rank or station , were buried in oblivion with the common herd of kings , ministers , and statesmen ...
... ranked with those whose envied lot it had been to inform , to enlighten , to delight mankind ; while his patrons , distinguished only by rank or station , were buried in oblivion with the common herd of kings , ministers , and statesmen ...
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... and actually rose to the rank of lieutenant- 6 colonel , mixed but little in the world , and 16 4 . THE LOUNGER . Defects of modern female education teaching the duties of a wife, exempli- fied in the narrative of Horatius.
... and actually rose to the rank of lieutenant- 6 colonel , mixed but little in the world , and 16 4 . THE LOUNGER . Defects of modern female education teaching the duties of a wife, exempli- fied in the narrative of Horatius.
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