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... but without the misanthropy that arises from disgust , or the despondency that is sometimes the consequence of disappointment . Those incidents , however , did not abridge , but perhaps rather increased , the extent of his society .
... but without the misanthropy that arises from disgust , or the despondency that is sometimes the consequence of disappointment . Those incidents , however , did not abridge , but perhaps rather increased , the extent of his society .
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As a Lounger , I had from my earliest age been fond of books , and 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 ...
As a Lounger , I had from my earliest age been fond of books , and 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 ...
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A periodical paper , though it may 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 ...
A periodical paper , though it may 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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Why , in your days , ' said Mr. S and I may say in mine too , for I believe there is not much betwixt us , were there not sometimes fantastic modes , which people of rank had brought into use , and which were called genteel because such ...
Why , in your days , ' said Mr. S and I may say in mine too , for I believe there is not much betwixt us , were there not sometimes fantastic modes , which people of rank had brought into use , and which were called genteel because such ...
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| Title | The British Essayists: The Lounger Volume 30 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| Contributor | James Ferguson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Richardson, 1823 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2006 |
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