The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... manners , the laws of civility , of gentleness , of taste , and of feeling , are not precisely set down , and cannot easily be punished in the breach , or rewarded in the observance : and yet their observance forms , amidst the refine ...
... manners , the laws of civility , of gentleness , of taste , and of feeling , are not precisely set down , and cannot easily be punished in the breach , or rewarded in the observance : and yet their observance forms , amidst the refine ...
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... manners the Lounger had early discovered the use and the necessity . He who seldom quits the walk of a particular science or occupation has a determined object in his view , the pursuit of which leaves little time for scattering ...
... manners the Lounger had early discovered the use and the necessity . He who seldom quits the walk of a particular science or occupation has a determined object in his view , the pursuit of which leaves little time for scattering ...
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... manner be adapted . To those in whom the want of active em- ployment has not relaxed the power of thought , they may afford some opportunity for speculation ; and even to that prodigal of mind as well as time , who has forgotten how to ...
... manner be adapted . To those in whom the want of active em- ployment has not relaxed the power of thought , they may afford some opportunity for speculation ; and even to that prodigal of mind as well as time , who has forgotten how to ...
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... manner a stranger would be apt to take him for any thing rather than a gentleman . With all this , Camillus fancies that there is an uncommon degree of elegance in his form , and cannot conceal his ambition to be considered as a man of ...
... manner a stranger would be apt to take him for any thing rather than a gentleman . With all this , Camillus fancies that there is an uncommon degree of elegance in his form , and cannot conceal his ambition to be considered as a man of ...
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... manner , the voice , and still more the silence , of such a one as I mean , that has no connexion with any thing material ; at least no more than just to make one think such a soul is lodged as it deserves . —In short , sir , a fine ...
... manner , the voice , and still more the silence , of such a one as I mean , that has no connexion with any thing material ; at least no more than just to make one think such a soul is lodged as it deserves . —In short , sir , a fine ...
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