The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page 84
... discovering marks of sourness and chagrin . To those causes must be ascribed the severity of my friend Caustic's observations . All his natural good sense and benevolence of disposition could not prevent him from being hurt and affected ...
... discovering marks of sourness and chagrin . To those causes must be ascribed the severity of my friend Caustic's observations . All his natural good sense and benevolence of disposition could not prevent him from being hurt and affected ...
Page 87
... discover symptoms He had more than once informed us that the Countess of - Lord C. , Sir W. D. , and several other persons of fashion , were to be of the party , not one of whom had hitherto appeared , al- though it was long past the ...
... discover symptoms He had more than once informed us that the Countess of - Lord C. , Sir W. D. , and several other persons of fashion , were to be of the party , not one of whom had hitherto appeared , al- though it was long past the ...
Page 90
... discover , by means of those philosophers and travellers here who are best acquainted with Africa , whether any traces still remain of that species of men of whom your learned countryman has taken notice , mentioned by Agatharchides and ...
... discover , by means of those philosophers and travellers here who are best acquainted with Africa , whether any traces still remain of that species of men of whom your learned countryman has taken notice , mentioned by Agatharchides and ...
Page 110
... discover that she was married to Lothario .'- Such is the general character which Cleora bears ; and if any one ever expresses a hint to the contrary , it is considered as the remark of a person disposed to be censorious . How shall I ...
... discover that she was married to Lothario .'- Such is the general character which Cleora bears ; and if any one ever expresses a hint to the contrary , it is considered as the remark of a person disposed to be censorious . How shall I ...
Page 120
... discover blemishes , while the author has neither the pomp of poetry , nor the decoration of the stage , to cover or to conceal them . To this circumstance , however , may perhaps be imputed the degradation into which it has fallen.- As ...
... discover blemishes , while the author has neither the pomp of poetry , nor the decoration of the stage , to cover or to conceal them . To this circumstance , however , may perhaps be imputed the degradation into which it has fallen.- As ...
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