The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical and Critical, 2 tomasLionel Thomas Berguer T. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... tion to all the learning and astronomy of the famous University of which I have been speaking ; accord- ing to which , the term certainly was to commence on the first instant . You may be sure , a man , who has turned his studies as I ...
... tion to all the learning and astronomy of the famous University of which I have been speaking ; accord- ing to which , the term certainly was to commence on the first instant . You may be sure , a man , who has turned his studies as I ...
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... tion among the very top fellows for bravery and gal- lantry . Sir Mark . If the fashion of quarrelling and tilting was so often changed in your time , Colonel Plume , a man might fight , yet lose his credit for want of understanding the ...
... tion among the very top fellows for bravery and gal- lantry . Sir Mark . If the fashion of quarrelling and tilting was so often changed in your time , Colonel Plume , a man might fight , yet lose his credit for want of understanding the ...
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... tion of the punctos upon which your nice men quar- relled in those days . Col. Plume . I was going to tell you , Mr. Sage , that one Cornet Modish had desired his friend Cap- tain Smart's opinion in some affair , but did not follow it ...
... tion of the punctos upon which your nice men quar- relled in those days . Col. Plume . I was going to tell you , Mr. Sage , that one Cornet Modish had desired his friend Cap- tain Smart's opinion in some affair , but did not follow it ...
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... tion with unjust , and makes all deviation from good- ness and virtue to come under the notion of folly ; say , he doubts not but by the force of this authority , let his idiot uncle appear never so great a knave , he shall prove him a ...
... tion with unjust , and makes all deviation from good- ness and virtue to come under the notion of folly ; say , he doubts not but by the force of this authority , let his idiot uncle appear never so great a knave , he shall prove him a ...
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... tion , and that our discourse is not altogether fantas- tical and groundless . But in this case I am treated as I saw a boy was the other day , who gave out pocky bills every plain fellow took it that passed by , and went on his way ...
... tion , and that our discourse is not altogether fantas- tical and groundless . But in this case I am treated as I saw a boy was the other day , who gave out pocky bills every plain fellow took it that passed by , and went on his way ...
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action agreeable answer Apartment appeared army August August 26 August 31 beauty behaviour Cæsar called character dæmon desire discourse Duke Duke of Marlborough Duumvir Elmira enemy epistle Esquire esteem eyes fame farrago libelli farther following letter fortune gentleman give Greenhat happy heart hero honour humble servant humour ISAAC BICKERSTAFF James's Coffee-house Julius Cæsar July July 18 lady lately laugh learned live lover mankind manner Marshal Villars matter mind motley paper seizes nature never night noble observed occasion October 12 Pacolet panegyric passion person present pretend prince Quicquid agunt homines racter reason received Sage sense sent September September 16 September 28 shew Sir Mark speak Stentor Tatler tell theme.-P thing thou thought tion told town unhappy virtue wherein White's Chocolate-house whole Will's Coffee-house woman words write young
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