The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... sometimes the consequence of disappointment . Those incidents , however , did not abridge , but perhaps rather increased , the extent of his society . Within the pale of a particular profession , a man's companions and associates are ...
... sometimes the consequence of disappointment . Those incidents , however , did not abridge , but perhaps rather increased , the extent of his society . Within the pale of a particular profession , a man's companions and associates are ...
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... sometimes ventured to write when I was tired of reading . A Lounger of the sort I could wish to be thought is one who , even amidst a certain intercourse with mankind , preserves a con- stant intimacy with himself ; it is not therefore ...
... sometimes ventured to write when I was tired of reading . A Lounger of the sort I could wish to be thought is one who , even amidst a certain intercourse with mankind , preserves a con- stant intimacy with himself ; it is not therefore ...
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... sometimes lift its voice against a neglect of the greater moralities , yet has for its peculiar province the correction and reform of any breach of the lesser . For that purpose it is perhaps better calculated than more laboured and ...
... sometimes lift its voice against a neglect of the greater moralities , yet has for its peculiar province the correction and reform of any breach of the lesser . For that purpose it is perhaps better calculated than more laboured and ...
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... sometimes fill up the places in a dance with chairs , to help them to go through the figure . But as I came too late for the minuets , I presume the dressed gentlemen walked up stairs after they were ended . Why , sir , there are now ...
... sometimes fill up the places in a dance with chairs , to help them to go through the figure . But as I came too late for the minuets , I presume the dressed gentlemen walked up stairs after they were ended . Why , sir , there are now ...
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... sometimes fantastic modes , which people of rank had brought into use , and which were called genteel because such ... sometimes entrench themselves behind their titles or their high birth , and committed offences against what lesser ...
... sometimes fantastic modes , which people of rank had brought into use , and which were called genteel because such ... sometimes entrench themselves behind their titles or their high birth , and committed offences against what lesser ...
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