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Page 246
Your Drums are the blusterers in conversation , that , with a loud laugh ,
unnatural mirth , and a torrent of noise , domineer in public assemblies , overbear
men of sense , stun their companions , and fill the place they are in with a rattling
sound ...
Your Drums are the blusterers in conversation , that , with a loud laugh ,
unnatural mirth , and a torrent of noise , domineer in public assemblies , overbear
men of sense , stun their companions , and fill the place they are in with a rattling
sound ...
Page 250
in lepo my reader to make a narrow search into his life and conversation , and ,
upon his leaving any company , to examine himself seriously , whether he has
behaved himsel in it like a Drum or a Trumpet , a Violin or a Bass - viol ; and ...
in lepo my reader to make a narrow search into his life and conversation , and ,
upon his leaving any company , to examine himself seriously , whether he has
behaved himsel in it like a Drum or a Trumpet , a Violin or a Bass - viol ; and ...
Page 271
The fourth person who bore a part in the conversation was a Prude , who stuck to
the Trial , and was silent upon the whole Opera . The gravity of her censures ,
and composure of her voice , which were often attended with supercilious casts
of ...
The fourth person who bore a part in the conversation was a Prude , who stuck to
the Trial , and was silent upon the whole Opera . The gravity of her censures ,
and composure of her voice , which were often attended with supercilious casts
of ...
Page 301
Finding myself unavoidably engaged in such a conversation , I was resolved to
turn my pain into a pleasure , and to divert myself as well as I could with so very
odd a fellow . - You must understand , ' says Ned , " that the sonnet I am going to
...
Finding myself unavoidably engaged in such a conversation , I was resolved to
turn my pain into a pleasure , and to divert myself as well as I could with so very
odd a fellow . - You must understand , ' says Ned , " that the sonnet I am going to
...
Page 359
... ordinary conversation she meets with ; the young man is under the dictates of a
rigid schoolmaster or instructor , contradicted in every word he speaks , and
curbed in all the inclinations he discovers . Mrs. Elizabeth is the object of desire
and ...
... ordinary conversation she meets with ; the young man is under the dictates of a
rigid schoolmaster or instructor , contradicted in every word he speaks , and
curbed in all the inclinations he discovers . Mrs. Elizabeth is the object of desire
and ...
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able according acquaintance actions admired affection agreeable answer APARTMENT appear beauty believe BICKERSTAFF body called character common consider conversation court death desire discourse enter eyes face fall father figure fortune further gave give given greatest hand happy head hear heard heart honour hope hour human imagination keep kind lady late learned leave letter live look mankind manner MARCH matter means mention mind nature never night observe occasion particular pass passion persons play pleased pleasure poet present proper reason received rest seems sense soon speak spirit taken talk tell thing thought tion told took town turn virtue whole wife woman write young
Bibliographic information
| Title | The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Alexander Chalmers |
| Author | British essayists |
| Editor | Alexander Chalmers |
| Published | 1823 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 31 Jul 2006 |
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