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Page 17
I suppose the greatest part of the men , or rather boys , whom I see now standing
up to dance , have been brought in to make up a set , as people in the country
sometimes fill up the places in a dance with chairs , to help them to go through
the ...
I suppose the greatest part of the men , or rather boys , whom I see now standing
up to dance , have been brought in to make up a set , as people in the country
sometimes fill up the places in a dance with chairs , to help them to go through
the ...
Page 20
Yonder now , you'll forgive me , sir , ( turning to me ) , yonder is a set of girls , I
suppose , from their looks and from their giggling , but a few weeks from the
nursery , whose feathers are in such agitation , whisked about , high and low , on
this ...
Yonder now , you'll forgive me , sir , ( turning to me ) , yonder is a set of girls , I
suppose , from their looks and from their giggling , but a few weeks from the
nursery , whose feathers are in such agitation , whisked about , high and low , on
this ...
Page 21
In all ages , I suppose , people of condition did sometimes entrench themselves
behind their titles or their high birth , and committed offences against what lesser
folks would call decorum , and yet were allowed to be well - bred all the while ...
In all ages , I suppose , people of condition did sometimes entrench themselves
behind their titles or their high birth , and committed offences against what lesser
folks would call decorum , and yet were allowed to be well - bred all the while ...
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No , upon my soul , don't I ; I hope you think better of me than to suppose so . ' -
But I may come down from my declamation , Yonder are a set , fluttering in that
box there , young , to be sure , but they will never be older , except in wrinkles — I
...
No , upon my soul , don't I ; I hope you think better of me than to suppose so . ' -
But I may come down from my declamation , Yonder are a set , fluttering in that
box there , young , to be sure , but they will never be older , except in wrinkles — I
...
Page 62
The enormity of which Mr. Addison here complains , and which he seems to
suppose would hardly be believed by those who had not seen it , consisted in
this , that at the Opera and Playhouse , a Whig beauty wore her patches on one
side of ...
The enormity of which Mr. Addison here complains , and which he seems to
suppose would hardly be believed by those who had not seen it , consisted in
this , that at the Opera and Playhouse , a Whig beauty wore her patches on one
side of ...
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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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