The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page 28
... philosophical history attain its highest perfection . Y. No. 6. SATURDAY , MARCH 12 , 1785 . A 28 5 . THE LOUNGER . tain species of bachelor-lounger Hume Craig Mackenzie An examination of the moral effects tragedy The same subject ...
... philosophical history attain its highest perfection . Y. No. 6. SATURDAY , MARCH 12 , 1785 . A 28 5 . THE LOUNGER . tain species of bachelor-lounger Hume Craig Mackenzie An examination of the moral effects tragedy The same subject ...
Page 30
... continued coming in during all the first act of the comedy . On one side of Colonel Caustic sat a lady with a Lunardi hat ; before him was placed one with a feathered head- dress . Lunardi and the Feathers talked and nodded to one ...
... continued coming in during all the first act of the comedy . On one side of Colonel Caustic sat a lady with a Lunardi hat ; before him was placed one with a feathered head- dress . Lunardi and the Feathers talked and nodded to one ...
Page 33
... continued the colonel , which , at such a time as this , at the ending of some public entertainment , I have often thought on with a very melancholy feeling . An old bachelor like me , who has no girls of his own , except he is a very ...
... continued the colonel , which , at such a time as this , at the ending of some public entertainment , I have often thought on with a very melancholy feeling . An old bachelor like me , who has no girls of his own , except he is a very ...
Page 61
... continued to steer tolerably well between the contending factions , without giving offence even to the zealots of either . In Britain we enjoy the most perfect system of freedom that ever existed in any society . But from the very ...
... continued to steer tolerably well between the contending factions , without giving offence even to the zealots of either . In Britain we enjoy the most perfect system of freedom that ever existed in any society . But from the very ...
Page 81
... continued circle of idleness and expense , with such young men of for- tune as think it an honour done him to admit him of their parties , and will despise him , perhaps too justly , when he can no longer afford to partake of them . My ...
... continued circle of idleness and expense , with such young men of for- tune as think it an honour done him to admit him of their parties , and will despise him , perhaps too justly , when he can no longer afford to partake of them . My ...
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