The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page 55
... give up the ordinary cares and projects of the world , and indulge in ideas of that visionary bliss which exists only in romantic pictures and delusive representations of so- litude and retirement . Let not one disappointment , nor even ...
... give up the ordinary cares and projects of the world , and indulge in ideas of that visionary bliss which exists only in romantic pictures and delusive representations of so- litude and retirement . Let not one disappointment , nor even ...
Page 59
... give a farthing for a man but in buff . ' This observation called my attention to the dress of the gentlemen at table , and I found that all of them were dressed in buff waistcoats , to which some of them , who appeared to be most ...
... give a farthing for a man but in buff . ' This observation called my attention to the dress of the gentlemen at table , and I found that all of them were dressed in buff waistcoats , to which some of them , who appeared to be most ...
Page 60
... gives me at first ready access to the Pittites : but when they find that I cannot enter into all their ideas , they consider me either as an enemy in disguise , or , what is perhaps still worse in their estimation , as a lukewarm friend ...
... gives me at first ready access to the Pittites : but when they find that I cannot enter into all their ideas , they consider me either as an enemy in disguise , or , what is perhaps still worse in their estimation , as a lukewarm friend ...
Page 68
... give up all thoughts of becoming a nabob . The next scheme Sir Thomas formed for the payment of his debts pleased him better , as it was not attended with so much danger either to his soul or body . When he was about fifty years of age ...
... give up all thoughts of becoming a nabob . The next scheme Sir Thomas formed for the payment of his debts pleased him better , as it was not attended with so much danger either to his soul or body . When he was about fifty years of age ...
Page 69
... give one farthing more rent , nor change their methods of husbandry in the least . Sir Thomas was greatly enraged at the obstinacy of his tenants , and discharged a dreadful volley of oaths and threats upon them ; but when his passion ...
... give one farthing more rent , nor change their methods of husbandry in the least . Sir Thomas was greatly enraged at the obstinacy of his tenants , and discharged a dreadful volley of oaths and threats upon them ; but when his passion ...
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