The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page 43
... able to hurt my husband's business . In this distressed situation , I hope Mr. Lounger will forgive me in offering a hint to him , which , if he would dress out in his sensible persuasive manner , I think I should soon be freed from the ...
... able to hurt my husband's business . In this distressed situation , I hope Mr. Lounger will forgive me in offering a hint to him , which , if he would dress out in his sensible persuasive manner , I think I should soon be freed from the ...
Page 44
... able mumpers , who so importunately solicit a share of our time and attention , and whom unluckily , as Mrs. Careful observes , those doors only can shut out whose owners would suffer least from their getting in . None but people of a ...
... able mumpers , who so importunately solicit a share of our time and attention , and whom unluckily , as Mrs. Careful observes , those doors only can shut out whose owners would suffer least from their getting in . None but people of a ...
Page 54
... able . The only connexion I had with them arose from their abusing my servants , and breaking down my fences . I sometimes received a visit from Atticus , and a few other friends , with whom I had always kept up a correspondence , and ...
... able . The only connexion I had with them arose from their abusing my servants , and breaking down my fences . I sometimes received a visit from Atticus , and a few other friends , with whom I had always kept up a correspondence , and ...
Page 60
... able to either party . My red waistcoat , which , now that I have got it , I am unwilling to throw aside , gives me at first ready access to the Pittites : but when they find that I cannot enter into all their ideas , they consider me ...
... able to either party . My red waistcoat , which , now that I have got it , I am unwilling to throw aside , gives me at first ready access to the Pittites : but when they find that I cannot enter into all their ideas , they consider me ...
Page 76
... able to read the real character of the man . I have often thought of discovering amongst the ladies some circumstance which might lead me to distinguish their characters in the same way that the hat discriminates those of the gentlemen ...
... able to read the real character of the man . I have often thought of discovering amongst the ladies some circumstance which might lead me to distinguish their characters in the same way that the hat discriminates those of the gentlemen ...
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