The British Essayists: The MirrorLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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... kind ... ..... 91. On the Duties of the Great , in Behaviour as well as Conduct ....... 168 172 176 182 189 197 92. On the Desire of Figure - making .. 201 207 212 ....... 93. Character of a Self - important Trifler ; in a Letter from ...
... kind ... ..... 91. On the Duties of the Great , in Behaviour as well as Conduct ....... 168 172 176 182 189 197 92. On the Desire of Figure - making .. 201 207 212 ....... 93. Character of a Self - important Trifler ; in a Letter from ...
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... kind of revenge which we can meditate . We consider time , Sir , as a sort of incubus , or day nightmare , a malignant being , who , like the old man of the sea , in the Ara- bian Tales , fastens himself upon our shoulders , presses ...
... kind of revenge which we can meditate . We consider time , Sir , as a sort of incubus , or day nightmare , a malignant being , who , like the old man of the sea , in the Ara- bian Tales , fastens himself upon our shoulders , presses ...
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... kind . I could enumerate a variety of schemes for the de- struction of time without doors . These , however , are so generally known , that it were superfluous to dwell upon them . In the morning , the political lounger betakes himself ...
... kind . I could enumerate a variety of schemes for the de- struction of time without doors . These , however , are so generally known , that it were superfluous to dwell upon them . In the morning , the political lounger betakes himself ...
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... kind of dimness softens and unites the whole . From the same sort of feeling has the idea of Home its attraction . For , though one's interest there will undoubtedly be heightened by the relation to persons , yet there is , exclusive of ...
... kind of dimness softens and unites the whole . From the same sort of feeling has the idea of Home its attraction . For , though one's interest there will undoubtedly be heightened by the relation to persons , yet there is , exclusive of ...
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... kind ; I was introduced , at a public place , to a gentleman , who , I was told , was a man of fashion and of the world , and was by him invited to a petit souper , where I understood I should meet with some of the liveliest and most ...
... kind ; I was introduced , at a public place , to a gentleman , who , I was told , was a man of fashion and of the world , and was by him invited to a petit souper , where I understood I should meet with some of the liveliest and most ...
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