The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... less unjust than ungenerous , to despise others for the want of a particular quality or accomplishment which we may happen to possess ; because it is extremely probable that we may be equally deficient in some article , perhaps more im ...
... less unjust than ungenerous , to despise others for the want of a particular quality or accomplishment which we may happen to possess ; because it is extremely probable that we may be equally deficient in some article , perhaps more im ...
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... less beautiful than it was . ' He cast his eye round for a few minutes before he an- swered me . Why , yes , ' said he , sir , here are many pretty , very pretty girls . That young lady in blue is a very pretty girl . I remember her ...
... less beautiful than it was . ' He cast his eye round for a few minutes before he an- swered me . Why , yes , ' said he , sir , here are many pretty , very pretty girls . That young lady in blue is a very pretty girl . I remember her ...
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... , that her purpose was to instruct , not less than to please ; yet such was her 22 5 . THE LOUNGER . Account of a little speaking automaton, the Poupée parlante, and of some incidents which happened during author's visit to.
... , that her purpose was to instruct , not less than to please ; yet such was her 22 5 . THE LOUNGER . Account of a little speaking automaton, the Poupée parlante, and of some incidents which happened during author's visit to.
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not less than to please ; yet such was her hereditary propensity , that for many successive ages she con- tinued more studious to cultivate the means of pleasing than anxious to gather the materials of in- struction . But when all her ...
not less than to please ; yet such was her hereditary propensity , that for many successive ages she con- tinued more studious to cultivate the means of pleasing than anxious to gather the materials of in- struction . But when all her ...
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... less eminent , but not less useful points of view , as those dii penates , those household deities , from whom man is to find comfort and protection , who are to smooth the ruggedness of his labours , the irksomeness and cares of ...
... less eminent , but not less useful points of view , as those dii penates , those household deities , from whom man is to find comfort and protection , who are to smooth the ruggedness of his labours , the irksomeness and cares of ...
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