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... unable either to read the book , or to venture forth into the fields ; and many a
winter night has been employed in doing little more than sitting in an easy chair ,
and gazing in the fire . In this state I have been sometimes tempted to wish for the
...
... unable either to read the book , or to venture forth into the fields ; and many a
winter night has been employed in doing little more than sitting in an easy chair ,
and gazing in the fire . In this state I have been sometimes tempted to wish for the
...
Page 54
been sometimes tempted to wish for the perfect torpor of patient dulness . Without
the activity of thought , I was liable to the reproach of thinking ; and , instead of the
quiet in which vacant souls are rocked by Indolence , I found her slumbers ...
been sometimes tempted to wish for the perfect torpor of patient dulness . Without
the activity of thought , I was liable to the reproach of thinking ; and , instead of the
quiet in which vacant souls are rocked by Indolence , I found her slumbers ...
Page 61
I have adhered rigidly to this resolution , except that sometimes when I wish to
make a smarter figure than common , I enliven my dress by putting on a brown or
a grey frock over my black waistcost . Partly by this prudent caution , and partly by
...
I have adhered rigidly to this resolution , except that sometimes when I wish to
make a smarter figure than common , I enliven my dress by putting on a brown or
a grey frock over my black waistcost . Partly by this prudent caution , and partly by
...
Page 75
... and seemed moved by no intrusive idea , except when sometimes he shrunk
with fear , if perchance a bottle tripped on the joinings of the table , or a glass was
spilled by an awkward neighbour . His hat was only a bit of black silk , of which I ...
... and seemed moved by no intrusive idea , except when sometimes he shrunk
with fear , if perchance a bottle tripped on the joinings of the table , or a glass was
spilled by an awkward neighbour . His hat was only a bit of black silk , of which I ...
Page 102
Her few former amusements , her tambour and harpsichord , have long become
insipid ; and even the smiles of her child , which used to give delight , now I can
observe force a sigh from her , and sometimes the tear will start into her eye ,
from ...
Her few former amusements , her tambour and harpsichord , have long become
insipid ; and even the smiles of her child , which used to give delight , now I can
observe force a sigh from her , and sometimes the tear will start into her eye ,
from ...
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| Title | The British Essayists: Lounger Volume 30 of The British Essayists, James Ferguson Volume 30 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| Editor | James Ferguson |
| Contributor | James Ferguson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2006 |
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