The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... considers nobility as an imaginary dis- tinction , unless accompanied with the practice of those generous virtues by which it ought to be ob- tained . But , that our military glory is arrived at its present height , and that men of all ...
... considers nobility as an imaginary dis- tinction , unless accompanied with the practice of those generous virtues by which it ought to be ob- tained . But , that our military glory is arrived at its present height , and that men of all ...
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... consider in his imagination the breadth of his porter's shoulders , the spruce night - cap of his valet , the ready attendance of his butler ! any of all whom he knows she admits , and professes to approve of . This , alas ! is the gal ...
... consider in his imagination the breadth of his porter's shoulders , the spruce night - cap of his valet , the ready attendance of his butler ! any of all whom he knows she admits , and professes to approve of . This , alas ! is the gal ...
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... consider , that not one of five hundred can bear the least fa- vour from a lady without being exalted above him- self : if also we must allow , that a smile from a side- box has made Jack Spruce half mad ; we cannot think it wonderful ...
... consider , that not one of five hundred can bear the least fa- vour from a lady without being exalted above him- self : if also we must allow , that a smile from a side- box has made Jack Spruce half mad ; we cannot think it wonderful ...
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... consider my own nature , motion , complexion , wit , or breeding , I cannot think myself any way your inferior ; yet do I go through crowds without wounding a man , and all my acquaintance marry round me , while I live a virgin unasked ...
... consider my own nature , motion , complexion , wit , or breeding , I cannot think myself any way your inferior ; yet do I go through crowds without wounding a man , and all my acquaintance marry round me , while I live a virgin unasked ...
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... consider , he must in some measure be the trumpeter of his own fame : not that men are to be tolerated who directly praise themselves ; but they are to be endued with a sort of defensive eloquence , by which they shall be always capable ...
... consider , he must in some measure be the trumpeter of his own fame : not that men are to be tolerated who directly praise themselves ; but they are to be endued with a sort of defensive eloquence , by which they shall be always capable ...
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