The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page 28
... period can be fully accounted for . The few who have treated history in this manner form the second of the two classes into which I have divided historians ; and it is to the present age we owe this union of philosophy with history ...
... period can be fully accounted for . The few who have treated history in this manner form the second of the two classes into which I have divided historians ; and it is to the present age we owe this union of philosophy with history ...
Page 38
... period of our union : Would to Heaven that term were yet to live again ! I loved Maria : -Severely as I am now disposed to review my past conduct , I cannot reproach myself with a failure in affection . But what human being could have ...
... period of our union : Would to Heaven that term were yet to live again ! I loved Maria : -Severely as I am now disposed to review my past conduct , I cannot reproach myself with a failure in affection . But what human being could have ...
Page 47
... period destined for this purpose approached , and I was taking measures to prepare for it . Almost the only disagreeable feeling I had in leaving my native country for a few years was the taking leave of a young lady for whom I had ...
... period destined for this purpose approached , and I was taking measures to prepare for it . Almost the only disagreeable feeling I had in leaving my native country for a few years was the taking leave of a young lady for whom I had ...
Page 48
... period of my be- ing abroad , and returned home as soon as I possibly could . On my arrival I learned that Aspasia had fallen a prey to the seductions of vanity , and to that warmth of mind which made her the dupe of ap- pearances ...
... period of my be- ing abroad , and returned home as soon as I possibly could . On my arrival I learned that Aspasia had fallen a prey to the seductions of vanity , and to that warmth of mind which made her the dupe of ap- pearances ...
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... period I have witnessed the full effect of that fashionable education I had bestowed on my daughters ; and it is now some years that they have joined to the other pleasures of a town - life the envied distinction of beauties and toasts ...
... period I have witnessed the full effect of that fashionable education I had bestowed on my daughters ; and it is now some years that they have joined to the other pleasures of a town - life the envied distinction of beauties and toasts ...
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