The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page 93
... told me they excel in a very wonderful degree . Their strength , likewise , the missionary reports to be very uncommon . He says , he has seen some of them bear to be loaded with burdens that would have wearied a porter at Bassora ...
... told me they excel in a very wonderful degree . Their strength , likewise , the missionary reports to be very uncommon . He says , he has seen some of them bear to be loaded with burdens that would have wearied a porter at Bassora ...
Page 104
... told , are the pictures of their grandfather . The rest of us remain as we were ; at least we did so till within these two months . My Lady made some overtures towards a renewal of our ac- quaintance about a twelvemonth ago : but it was ...
... told , are the pictures of their grandfather . The rest of us remain as we were ; at least we did so till within these two months . My Lady made some overtures towards a renewal of our ac- quaintance about a twelvemonth ago : but it was ...
Page 130
... told me , that but for me he should have sunk under the difficulties of life , but for me he would not have been able to bear up against them ; but with you , said he , It is needless to add the remainder of his affectionate address ...
... told me , that but for me he should have sunk under the difficulties of life , but for me he would not have been able to bear up against them ; but with you , said he , It is needless to add the remainder of his affectionate address ...
Page 132
... told us , in the only English words he seemed master of , that he was a native of Gascony , and had been but a few weeks in London . He was dressed in a full suit of black , had his hair tied in a thin queue , and his curls much ...
... told us , in the only English words he seemed master of , that he was a native of Gascony , and had been but a few weeks in London . He was dressed in a full suit of black , had his hair tied in a thin queue , and his curls much ...
Page 135
... told of her refusal , seemed to enjoy some joke that had struck him , and , as they sometimes think aloud , was muttering to him- self . I heard the words , d'une certain age ; but he stopped short , and said aloud , that the lady ...
... told of her refusal , seemed to enjoy some joke that had struck him , and , as they sometimes think aloud , was muttering to him- self . I heard the words , d'une certain age ; but he stopped short , and said aloud , that the lady ...
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