The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... sort of preference which women are supposed to show to men of inferior talents . · · Craig Mackenzie Abercromby 24. Letter from Jeremiah Dy - soon , a vale- tudinarian , giving an account of the grievances he suffers from his wife ...
... sort of preference which women are supposed to show to men of inferior talents . · · Craig Mackenzie Abercromby 24. Letter from Jeremiah Dy - soon , a vale- tudinarian , giving an account of the grievances he suffers from his wife ...
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... on our neglect of the improvement and of the progress of time - Proposal by Memory Modish for a new sort of memorandum - book of things to be forgotten Mackenzie Craig Mackenzie THE LOUNGER . No. 1. SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 5 , CONTENTS . vii.
... on our neglect of the improvement and of the progress of time - Proposal by Memory Modish for a new sort of memorandum - book of things to be forgotten Mackenzie Craig Mackenzie THE LOUNGER . No. 1. SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 5 , CONTENTS . vii.
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... sort , the tran- sition is easy from the yawn of inanity to the roar of riot and intemperance ; but persons of the latter description , idle in conduct , but of active minds , as they seldom experience the uneasiness of the one , seldom ...
... sort , the tran- sition is easy from the yawn of inanity to the roar of riot and intemperance ; but persons of the latter description , idle in conduct , but of active minds , as they seldom experience the uneasiness of the one , seldom ...
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... 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 to be wondered at , if he should sometimes , if I may be allowed 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 to be wondered at , if he should sometimes , if I may be allowed the ...
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... sort needs 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 ...
... sort needs 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 ...
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