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Vindication of that sort of preference which women are supposed to show to men
of inferior talents . . Abercromby 24. Letter from Jeremiah Dy - soon , a
valetudinarian , giving an account of the grievances he suffers from his wife .
Fraser Tytler .
Vindication of that sort of preference which women are supposed to show to men
of inferior talents . . Abercromby 24. Letter from Jeremiah Dy - soon , a
valetudinarian , giving an account of the grievances he suffers from his wife .
Fraser Tytler .
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Observations on comedy Craig 50. The same subject continued - Moral effects of
comedy Mackenzie 51. Senex on our neglect of the improvement and of the
progress of time - Proposal by Memory Modish for a new sort of memorandum -
book ...
Observations on comedy Craig 50. The same subject continued - Moral effects of
comedy Mackenzie 51. Senex on our neglect of the improvement and of the
progress of time - Proposal by Memory Modish for a new sort of memorandum -
book ...
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Among the first sort , the transition 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 ...
Among the first sort , the transition 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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A Lounger of the sort I could wish to be thought is one who , even amidst a
certain intercourse with mankind , preserves a constant intimacy with himself ; it is
not therefore to be wondered at , if he should sometimes , if I may be allowed the
...
A Lounger of the sort I could wish to be thought is one who , even amidst a
certain intercourse with mankind , preserves a constant 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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It was , of all sorts of company , the most fitted for a Lounger ; company in which
he could be unaccommodating without offence , and inattentive without incivility .
The idea of giving those trifles to the world in the form of periodical essays , is an
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It was , of all sorts of company , the most fitted for a Lounger ; company in which
he could be unaccommodating without offence , and inattentive without incivility .
The idea of giving those trifles to the world in the form of periodical essays , is an
...
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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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