The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... 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 side and on that .'- ' Why , sir , ' tis like the Countess of ...
... 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 side and on that .'- ' Why , sir , ' tis like the Countess of ...
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... 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 ; were ...
... 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 ; were ...
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... 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 , ex- cept in wrinkles - I don't suppose they have an idea in their heads ...
... 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 , ex- cept in wrinkles - I don't suppose they have an idea in their heads ...
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... 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 her forehead , while a Tory toast patched upon the other . Had the fair ...
... 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 her forehead , while a Tory toast patched upon the other . Had the fair ...
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