The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 - English essays |
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... thoughts and the world ; but he whom every passing moment reproaches with doing nothing , must often fly for relief to very useless or very un- worthy occupations . He will often be dissipated with- out amusement , and intemperate ...
... thoughts and the world ; but he whom every passing moment reproaches with doing nothing , must often fly for relief to very useless or very un- worthy occupations . He will often be dissipated with- out amusement , and intemperate ...
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own thoughts renders independent of vulgar society , and the vigour and variety of whose imagination free from the necessity of resorting to frivolous or cen- surable amusements . Among the first sort , the tran- sition is easy from the ...
own thoughts renders independent of vulgar society , and the vigour and variety of whose imagination free from the necessity of resorting to frivolous or cen- surable amusements . Among the first sort , the tran- sition is easy from the ...
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... thought me . Of generic names , indeed , people are not always very scrupulous in the application , and therefore I could easily pardon those who ranked me under the class of men which the title of LoUNGER distinguishes . He whose walks ...
... thought me . Of generic names , indeed , people are not always very scrupulous in the application , and therefore I could easily pardon those who ranked me under the class of men which the title of LoUNGER distinguishes . He whose walks ...
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... thought is one who , even amidst a certain intercourse with mankind , preserves a con- stant intimacy with himself ; it is not therefore to be wondered at , if he should sometimes , if I may be allowed the expression , correspond with ...
... thought is one who , even amidst a certain intercourse with mankind , preserves a con- stant intimacy with himself ; it is not therefore to be wondered at , if he should sometimes , if I may be allowed the expression , correspond with ...
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... thought ; but while it endeavours to afford some little amuse- ment by the one , or some little instruction by the other , it will at least be harmless in both . Z. No. 2. SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 12 , 1785 . THE precepts of the moralist and ...
... thought ; but while it endeavours to afford some little amuse- ment by the one , or some little instruction by the other , it will at least be harmless in both . Z. No. 2. SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 12 , 1785 . THE precepts of the moralist and ...
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