The British Essayists: WorldJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... hearts on that subject , the critics , mistaking their reserve for a confession of weakness , have pro- nounced sentence upon their works , that they are good for nothing . Nor is it matter of wonder that they proceed in this method ...
... hearts on that subject , the critics , mistaking their reserve for a confession of weakness , have pro- nounced sentence upon their works , that they are good for nothing . Nor is it matter of wonder that they proceed in this method ...
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... heart of a husband . Mr. Wilson will par- don me if I rank him , at that time , among these philosophers . He had lately hired a lodging in the country , at a small distance from town , whither he usually retired in the evening , to ...
... heart of a husband . Mr. Wilson will par- don me if I rank him , at that time , among these philosophers . He had lately hired a lodging in the country , at a small distance from town , whither he usually retired in the evening , to ...
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... heart is never so brim - full of affliction , but a little flattery will insinuate itself into a corner of it ; and as Wilson was a hand- some fellow , with an easy address , the lady was soon persuaded to replace herself upon the bench ...
... heart is never so brim - full of affliction , but a little flattery will insinuate itself into a corner of it ; and as Wilson was a hand- some fellow , with an easy address , the lady was soon persuaded to replace herself upon the bench ...
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... heart was happy , and without suspicions of a dis- covery , he was more than usually complaisant to her . She received his civilities with her accustomed cheer- fulness ; and finding that business would detain him in the city for some ...
... heart was happy , and without suspicions of a dis- covery , he was more than usually complaisant to her . She received his civilities with her accustomed cheer- fulness ; and finding that business would detain him in the city for some ...
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... heart that tells me it does . But whatever I may suffer , or whether I live or die , I will be just to you . " Mrs. Wilson was so affected with this generosity , that she possibly had discovered herself , if a loud knocking at the door ...
... heart that tells me it does . But whatever I may suffer , or whether I live or die , I will be just to you . " Mrs. Wilson was so affected with this generosity , that she possibly had discovered herself , if a loud knocking at the door ...
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