The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 - English essays |
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... easily offended , I only smiled at perceiving it ; and it rather soothed my indolence , than provoked my spleen , when I found that I had acquired a de- nomination more innocent than respectable . I was called a 2 1 . THE LOUNGER .
... easily offended , I only smiled at perceiving it ; and it rather soothed my indolence , than provoked my spleen , when I found that I had acquired a de- nomination more innocent than respectable . I was called a 2 1 . THE LOUNGER .
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... easily pardon those who ranked me under the class of men which the title of LoUNGER distinguishes . He whose walks are pointed neither to the resorts of the merchant , the lawyer , the soldier , or the church- man , it may fairly be ...
... easily pardon those who ranked me under the class of men which the title of LoUNGER distinguishes . He whose walks are pointed neither to the resorts of the merchant , the lawyer , the soldier , or the church- man , it may fairly be ...
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... easily be punished in the breach , or rewarded in the observance : and yet their observance forms , amidst the refine- ments of modern society , an important part of our own happiness , and of that regard we owe to the happiness of ...
... easily be punished in the breach , or rewarded in the observance : and yet their observance forms , amidst the refine- ments of modern society , an important part of our own happiness , and of that regard we owe to the happiness of ...
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... neglect of them . But for such neglect the man of no profession cannot so easily be excused , who has neither the hurry of business to occupy his time , nor its embarrassments to distract his thought . It is not 8 2 . THE LOUNGER .
... neglect of them . But for such neglect the man of no profession cannot so easily be excused , who has neither the hurry of business to occupy his time , nor its embarrassments to distract his thought . It is not 8 2 . THE LOUNGER .
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... easily get rid of first impressions ; I can't make conceive what a play was to me some fifty years ago , with what feelings I heard the last music begin , nor how my heart beat when it ceased .'- ' Why , it is very true , colonel ...
... easily get rid of first impressions ; I can't make conceive what a play was to me some fifty years ago , with what feelings I heard the last music begin , nor how my heart beat when it ceased .'- ' Why , it is very true , colonel ...
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