The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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James Ferguson. page , whose passions have long taken leave of their understandings . As charity is esteemed a conjunction of the good qualities necessary to a virtuous man , so love is the happy composition of all the accomplishments ...
James Ferguson. page , whose passions have long taken leave of their understandings . As charity is esteemed a conjunction of the good qualities necessary to a virtuous man , so love is the happy composition of all the accomplishments ...
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... understanding and discretion very little inferior to the most expe- rienced matrons . She was not beholden to the charms of her sex , that her company was preferable to any Osmyn could meet with abroad : for were all she said considered ...
... understanding and discretion very little inferior to the most expe- rienced matrons . She was not beholden to the charms of her sex , that her company was preferable to any Osmyn could meet with abroad : for were all she said considered ...
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... understanding re- ceived a new sense , assembled themselves on this occasion . Mr. Caswell , being a gentleman parti- cularly curious , desired the whole company , in case the blindness should be cured , to keep silence : and let the ...
... understanding re- ceived a new sense , assembled themselves on this occasion . Mr. Caswell , being a gentleman parti- cularly curious , desired the whole company , in case the blindness should be cured , to keep silence : and let the ...
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... understanding as his folly ; for who could be unmoved , to hear the elo- quent Dromio explain the constitution , talk in the key of Cato , with the severity of one of the ancient sages , and debate the greatest question of state in a ...
... understanding as his folly ; for who could be unmoved , to hear the elo- quent Dromio explain the constitution , talk in the key of Cato , with the severity of one of the ancient sages , and debate the greatest question of state in a ...
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... understanding the use of the word itself ? There is nothing like familiar instances : you have heard the story of the Irishman who reading , " Money for live hair , " took a lodging , and expect- ed to be paid for living at that house ...
... understanding the use of the word itself ? There is nothing like familiar instances : you have heard the story of the Irishman who reading , " Money for live hair , " took a lodging , and expect- ed to be paid for living at that house ...
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