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" And as to gentlemen in offices, if they have any advantage over country gentlemen, in having something else to depend on besides their own private fortunes, they have likewise many disadvantages : they are obliged to live here at London with their families,... "
Historical Register - Page 62
1735
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pages
...offices, if they have any advantage over country gentlemen, in having fomething elfe to depend on befides their own private fortunes, they have likewife many difadvantages : they are obliged to live at London with* their families, by which they are put to a much .greater expence, than gentlemen of...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 pages
...offices, if they have any advantage over country gentlemen, in having fomething elle to depend on bef;Jes their own private fortunes, they have likewife many...to a much greater expence than gentlemen of equal fortunes who live in the country : this lays them under a very great difadvantage, with refpeft to...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose ..., Volume 2

1797 - 522 pages
...gentlemen, in Having fomething elle to depend on befidt5 their own private fortunes, they have likewrife many difadvantages : they are obliged to live here...to a much greater expence than gentlemen of equal fortunes who live in the country : this lays lion under a very great difadvantage, wl'.ii refpecl to...
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Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl ..., Volume 2

William Coxe - 1800 - 522 pages
...offices, if they have any advantage over country gentlemen, in having fomething elfe to depend on befides their own private fortunes, they have likewife many...to a much greater expence, than gentlemen of equal fortune who live in the country. This lays them under a very great difadvantage in fupporting their...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...besides their own private fortunes , they have likewise many disadvantages : they are obliged to live at London with their families , by which they are...to a much greater expence , than gentlemen of equal fortunes , who five in the country : this lays them under a. very great disadvantage , with respect...
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The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1805 - 456 pages
...offices, if they have any advance over country gentlemen, in having fomething elfe to depend on befides their own private fortunes, they have likewife many difadvantages; they are obliged to live at London with their families, by which they are pu t to a much greater expenfe, than gentlemen of...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...something else to depend on besides their own private fortunes, they have likewise many disadvantages : they are obliged to live here at London with their families, by which they are put to a much greater expense, than' gentlemen .of equal fortune who live in the country. This lays them under a very great...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...something else to depend on besides their own private fortunes, they have likewise many disadvantages : they are obliged to live here at London with their families, by which they are put to a much greater expense, than gentlemen of equal fortune who live in the country. This lays them under a very great...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 1

1808 - 540 pages
...besides their own private fortunes, they have likewise many disadvantages : they are obliged to live at London with their families, by which they are put to a much greater expense than gentlemen of equal fortune who live in the country — this lays them under a very great...
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The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best ..., Volume 1

William Hazlitt - 1810 - 544 pages
...their own private fortunes, they have likewise many disadvantages. They are obliged to live here in London with their families, by which they are put to a much greater expence than gentlemen of equal fortunes who live in the country. This lays them under a very great disadvantage, with respect to the...
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