The British Essayists: The MirrorLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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... called him Alexander , af- ter M. de Villars , the noble donor ; that M. de Vil- lars was a great man . ' True ; but his Christian name was Hector . ' . ' Was it Hector ? then , depend upon it , my horse had the same Christian name ...
... called him Alexander , af- ter M. de Villars , the noble donor ; that M. de Vil- lars was a great man . ' True ; but his Christian name was Hector . ' . ' Was it Hector ? then , depend upon it , my horse had the same Christian name ...
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... called for , he took off a Methodist preacher with great applause . " The ladies now retired . I had fancied that in the companies of the two former days , the want of their society had deprived us of the ease and gayety of discourse ...
... called for , he took off a Methodist preacher with great applause . " The ladies now retired . I had fancied that in the companies of the two former days , the want of their society had deprived us of the ease and gayety of discourse ...
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... called on for another song , and he gave us one perfectly masculine . This was followed by sev- eral jocular stories , and burlesque exhibitions , most of which were in perfect unison with that tone which the absence of the ladies had ...
... called on for another song , and he gave us one perfectly masculine . This was followed by sev- eral jocular stories , and burlesque exhibitions , most of which were in perfect unison with that tone which the absence of the ladies had ...
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... called home . My father lived but to see him ; all he had power to say , was to recommend me to his protection . In you , William , ' said the good old man , ' Sophia will find a father , a brother , and a friend . Without incumbering ...
... called home . My father lived but to see him ; all he had power to say , was to recommend me to his protection . In you , William , ' said the good old man , ' Sophia will find a father , a brother , and a friend . Without incumbering ...
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... called the rules of poetical justice . To his defence of that practice I think we may add one argument , which seems to have escaped him , drawn from the effect of the opposition above mentioned , to heighten our passion for a ...
... called the rules of poetical justice . To his defence of that practice I think we may add one argument , which seems to have escaped him , drawn from the effect of the opposition above mentioned , to heighten our passion for a ...
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