The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... the advantage of the latter , by Paul Pasquin 20. On novel - writing • • Fraser Tytler Mackenzie · 21. Danger of young ladies being intro- duced into a society and style of No. . manners above their natural situation in life ; iv CONTENTS .
... the advantage of the latter , by Paul Pasquin 20. On novel - writing • • Fraser Tytler Mackenzie · 21. Danger of young ladies being intro- duced into a society and style of No. . manners above their natural situation in life ; iv CONTENTS .
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No. . manners above their natural situation in life ; in a letter from A. G .. 22. Account of a little speaking automaton , the Poupée parlante , and of some incidents which happened during the author's visit to her • 23. Vindication of ...
No. . manners above their natural situation in life ; in a letter from A. G .. 22. Account of a little speaking automaton , the Poupée parlante , and of some incidents which happened during the author's visit to her • 23. Vindication of ...
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... situations , which the law could not foresee , and for which it could not provide . In a state of society so advanced as ours ( for it is needless to trouble my reader with the intermediate gradations ) , every one will see the ...
... situations , which the law could not foresee , and for which it could not provide . In a state of society so advanced as ours ( for it is needless to trouble my reader with the intermediate gradations ) , every one will see the ...
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... situation to submit to a drudgery so unworthy of him , yet still he was by nature entitled to a place in the temple of Fame far above his em- ployer ; and he might perhaps enjoy , by a sort of an- ticipation , that ample justice which ...
... situation to submit to a drudgery so unworthy of him , yet still he was by nature entitled to a place in the temple of Fame far above his em- ployer ; and he might perhaps enjoy , by a sort of an- ticipation , that ample justice which ...
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... situation of any people , which can alone yield solid instruction . Historians may therefore be divided into two kinds , according to the methods they have followed , and the ends they have chiefly had in view in their composi- tion ...
... situation of any people , which can alone yield solid instruction . Historians may therefore be divided into two kinds , according to the methods they have followed , and the ends they have chiefly had in view in their composi- tion ...
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