The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... character ; though , as is their custom , they tacked a compliment to their draught of it . ' Monsieur , ' said the ... characters in the world , even in the sense which I allow the term to apply to myself . ' Tis the player who frets ...
... character ; though , as is their custom , they tacked a compliment to their draught of it . ' Monsieur , ' said the ... characters in the world , even in the sense which I allow the term to apply to myself . ' Tis the player who frets ...
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... character . Unknown , however , as a man , and new as an author , the LOUNGER risks but little either in censure or in praise . There is a censure , indeed , and a suffrage , which no man can escape , to which one of his disposition is ...
... character . Unknown , however , as a man , and new as an author , the LOUNGER risks but little either in censure or in praise . There is a censure , indeed , and a suffrage , which no man can escape , to which one of his disposition is ...
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... characters would be nearly the same ; legislation embracing all that was required of morality , and morality having no range beyond that of the laws . And even when man advanced to a certain point , where the doctrine of morals went ...
... characters would be nearly the same ; legislation embracing all that was required of morality , and morality having no range beyond that of the laws . And even when man advanced to a certain point , where the doctrine of morals went ...
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... I am per- suaded , his gentle modesty hardly permitted him to consider 12 3 . THE LOUNGER . Trifling circumstances often form criterion of character-Judgment a company drawn from the different appearance of their hats.
... I am per- suaded , his gentle modesty hardly permitted him to consider 12 3 . THE LOUNGER . Trifling circumstances often form criterion of character-Judgment a company drawn from the different appearance of their hats.
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... character , a certain relation which it holds to the wearer . Yonder now , you'll forgive me , sir , ( turning to me ) , yonder is a set of girls , I suppose , from their looks and from their giggling , but a few weeks from the nursery ...
... character , a certain relation which it holds to the wearer . Yonder now , you'll forgive me , sir , ( turning to me ) , yonder is a set of girls , I suppose , from their looks and from their giggling , but a few weeks from the nursery ...
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