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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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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 people
...
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 people
...
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been sometimes tempted to wish for the perfect torpor of patient dulness . Without
the activity of thought , I was liable to the reproach of thinking ; and , instead of the
quiet in which vacant souls are rocked by Indolence , I found her slumbers ...
been sometimes tempted to wish for the perfect torpor of patient dulness . Without
the activity of thought , I was liable to the reproach of thinking ; and , instead of the
quiet in which vacant souls are rocked by Indolence , I found her slumbers ...
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I have adhered rigidly to this resolution , except that sometimes when I wish to
make a smarter figure than common , I enliven my dress by putting on a brown or
a grey frock over my black waistcost . Partly by this prudent caution , and partly by
...
I have adhered rigidly to this resolution , except that sometimes when I wish to
make a smarter figure than common , I enliven my dress by putting on a brown or
a grey frock over my black waistcost . Partly by this prudent caution , and partly by
...
Page 110
Tis a pity , ' it is sometimes said , that her husband was not more attentive to her
and her children ; but it is not her fault . She is indeed to be commended for
submitting with so much ease to her fate ; one would never discover that she was
...
Tis a pity , ' it is sometimes said , that her husband was not more attentive to her
and her children ; but it is not her fault . She is indeed to be commended for
submitting with so much ease to her fate ; one would never discover that she was
...
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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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