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" The generality of the men, and more than the generality, are dull and empty. They have taken up gravity, thinking it was philosophy and English, and so have acquired nothing in the room of their natural levity and cheerfulness. "
The letters of Horace Walpole [ed. by J. Wright]. - Page 123
by Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and ...

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...made a compromise with the parliament of Bretagne, the parliaments might venture out again, if, as I fancy will be the case, they are not glad to drop...and cheerfulness. However, as their high opinion of their own country remains, for which they can no longer assign any reason, they are contemptuous and...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral ..., Volume 6, Parts 11-12

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 412 pages
...made a compromise with the parliamentof Bretagne, the parliaments might venture out again, if, as I fancy will be the case, they are not glad to drop...and cheerfulness. However, as their high opinion of their own country remains, for which they can no longer assign any reason, they are contemptuous and...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and ...

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 pages
...made a compromise with the parliament of Bretagne, the parliaments might venture out again, if, as I fancy will be the case, they are not glad to drop...and cheerfulness. However, as their high opinion of their own country remains, for which they can no longer assign any reason, they are contemptuous and...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and ...

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 402 pages
...made a compromise with the parliament of Bretagne, the parliaments might venture out again, if, as I fancy will be the case, they are not glad to drop...than the generality, are dull and empty. They have tiikcn up gravity, thinking it was philosophy and English, and so have acquired nothing in the room...
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Correspondence ... with George Montagu ... hon. H.S. Conway [and ..., Volume 2

Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 484 pages
...made a compromise with the parliament of Bretagne, the parliaments might venture out again, if, as I fancy will be the case, they are not glad to drop...and cheerfulness. However, as their high opinion of their own country remains, for which they can no longer assign any reason, they are contemptuous and...
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The Correspondence of Horace Walpole, with George Montagu, Esq., [and Others ...

Horace Walpole - 1837 - 490 pages
...made a compromise with the parliament of Bretagne, the parliaments might venture out again, if, as I fancy will be the case, they are not glad to drop...have acquired nothing in the room of their natural lev1ty and cheerfulness. However, as their high opinion of their own country remains, for which they...
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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: Including Numerous ..., Volume 5

Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 pages
...but as the Due de Choiseul, who is very fluttering, unsettled, and inclined to the philosophers, l1as made a compromise with the Parliament of Bretagne,...and cheerfulness. However, as their high opinion of their own country remains, for which they can no longer assign any reason, they are contemptuous and...
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The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters ...

Horace Walpole - 1842 - 574 pages
...case, they are not glad to drop a cause, of which they began to be a little weary of the inconvenience. The generality of the men, and more than the generality,...and cheerfulness. However, as their high opinion of their own country remains, for which they can no longer assign any reason, they are coniemptuous and...
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The Letters of Horace Walpole: 1759-1769

Horace Walpole - 1842 - 580 pages
...made a compromise with the Parliament of Bretagne, the Parliaments might venture out again, if, as I fancy will be the case, they are not glad to drop...cause, of which they began to be a little weary of the inconvenience. The generality of the men, and more than the generality, are dull and empty. They have...
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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, Volume 4

Horace Walpole - 1857 - 552 pages
...made a compromise with the Parliament of Bretagne, the Parliaments might venture out again, if, as I fancy will be the case, they are not glad to drop...and cheerfulness. However, as their high opinion of their own country remains, for which they can no longer assign any reason, they are contemptuous and...
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