The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page 53
... received was of a kind which rested in itself , and led to no farther pursuit ; so that I became more and more languid , weakened , and in- active . This I have experienced to be the case with all pleasure arising from inanimate ...
... received was of a kind which rested in itself , and led to no farther pursuit ; so that I became more and more languid , weakened , and in- active . This I have experienced to be the case with all pleasure arising from inanimate ...
Page 54
... received of the success in projects of ambition of others whom I knew , and once thought my inferiors , added poignancy to my self - reproach . I made an effort to dispel my sorrows , by keeping company with my neighbours . Most of them ...
... received of the success in projects of ambition of others whom I knew , and once thought my inferiors , added poignancy to my self - reproach . I made an effort to dispel my sorrows , by keeping company with my neighbours . Most of them ...
Page 64
... received a shot in her left curl , and Lady escaped a dangerous wound by means of a large black bushy muff , in which the ball of her antagonist happily lodged . The seconds then interposed , and the combatants were parted without ...
... received a shot in her left curl , and Lady escaped a dangerous wound by means of a large black bushy muff , in which the ball of her antagonist happily lodged . The seconds then interposed , and the combatants were parted without ...
Page 68
... received the un- welcome news , that his intended bride had married an Irish fortune - hunter . My cousin behaved very much like a gentleman on this occasion . He called Miss Betty all the bad names he had ever heard , cursed the whole ...
... received the un- welcome news , that his intended bride had married an Irish fortune - hunter . My cousin behaved very much like a gentleman on this occasion . He called Miss Betty all the bad names he had ever heard , cursed the whole ...
Page 78
... received the bills of the boarding - mistress , even for the first season , I was , I must confess , some- what out of humour ; and it required all the elo- quence of my wife , and the flattering accounts of her kinswoman , to persuade ...
... received the bills of the boarding - mistress , even for the first season , I was , I must confess , some- what out of humour ; and it required all the elo- quence of my wife , and the flattering accounts of her kinswoman , to persuade ...
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