The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page 53
... taste ; but I now found , instead of relieving my mind , this sort of reading fatigued and exhausted it . The enjoyment which I received was of a kind which rested in itself , and led to no farther pursuit ; so that I became more and ...
... taste ; but I now found , instead of relieving my mind , this sort of reading fatigued and exhausted it . The enjoyment which I received was of a kind which rested in itself , and led to no farther pursuit ; so that I became more and ...
Page 63
... taste to bear a part . If Mr. Addison thought that the party - patches of his fair contempo- raries might appear improbable , what would he have said had he lived to see what we have seen ? To check the little improprieties of his day ...
... taste to bear a part . If Mr. Addison thought that the party - patches of his fair contempo- raries might appear improbable , what would he have said had he lived to see what we have seen ? To check the little improprieties of his day ...
Page 68
... taste ; and he very wisely determined to build a most elegant convenient mansion , for the future re- sidence of his family . But he as wisely resolved not to lay one stone , till he had found the most healthy , pleasant , and ...
... taste ; and he very wisely determined to build a most elegant convenient mansion , for the future re- sidence of his family . But he as wisely resolved not to lay one stone , till he had found the most healthy , pleasant , and ...
Page 69
... taste and study . He chose the most proper places for building substantial convenient farm - houses ; he traced and marked the line of all the hedges , ditches , and walls , that would be necessary for inclosing his fields , gardens ...
... taste and study . He chose the most proper places for building substantial convenient farm - houses ; he traced and marked the line of all the hedges , ditches , and walls , that would be necessary for inclosing his fields , gardens ...
Page 77
... quite unfit for a young man of spirit . As he had there acquired a taste for what he was pleased to call genteel life by hunting , drinking , wenching , and gambling with all the idle young men about town , н 3 13 . 77 THE LOUNGER .
... quite unfit for a young man of spirit . As he had there acquired a taste for what he was pleased to call genteel life by hunting , drinking , wenching , and gambling with all the idle young men about town , н 3 13 . 77 THE LOUNGER .
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