The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page 62
... equal if not greater violence among the ladies . My illustrious predecessor , the Spectator , justly ob- serves , that ' party - rage is a male vice , made up of many angry and cruel passions , that are altogether repugnant to the ...
... equal if not greater violence among the ladies . My illustrious predecessor , the Spectator , justly ob- serves , that ' party - rage is a male vice , made up of many angry and cruel passions , that are altogether repugnant to the ...
Page 70
... equal quantity of acorns , and wanted nothing but a proper place for a nursery to begin his operations ; but stay- ing abroad too late one evening in April , in search of such a place , he got a violent cold , which threw him into a ...
... equal quantity of acorns , and wanted nothing but a proper place for a nursery to begin his operations ; but stay- ing abroad too late one evening in April , in search of such a place , he got a violent cold , which threw him into a ...
Page 86
... equal degree . ' Unquestionably it has , ' said Mr. B. You must remember the time when there was not a dinner to be had in any house in town ; when the men passed their whole time in taverns , and the women were left alone , to amuse ...
... equal degree . ' Unquestionably it has , ' said Mr. B. You must remember the time when there was not a dinner to be had in any house in town ; when the men passed their whole time in taverns , and the women were left alone , to amuse ...
Page 116
... equal indulgence . But how different from this the character of the Greeks and Romans ! Servilely attached to their own manners and customs , they treated foreigners with contempt . What , in effect , could be expected of them , who ...
... equal indulgence . But how different from this the character of the Greeks and Romans ! Servilely attached to their own manners and customs , they treated foreigners with contempt . What , in effect , could be expected of them , who ...
Page 117
... equal , if not supe- rior examples of the same heroic virtue . What is there , for instance , so remarkable in the boasted ex- ample of Themistocles and Aristides ? They were bitter enemies , but forgot their quarrels when their country ...
... equal , if not supe- rior examples of the same heroic virtue . What is there , for instance , so remarkable in the boasted ex- ample of Themistocles and Aristides ? They were bitter enemies , but forgot their quarrels when their country ...
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