The British Essayists: WorldJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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Page 27
... affected all the summer with the thoughts of their captivity , and have felt a sympathetic grief for them . In truth , what can be more moving , than to ima- gine a fine woman of the highest rank and fashion torn from all the elegant ...
... affected all the summer with the thoughts of their captivity , and have felt a sympathetic grief for them . In truth , what can be more moving , than to ima- gine a fine woman of the highest rank and fashion torn from all the elegant ...
Page 48
... affected this kind of snout , as an indication of his being master of the talent of humour . But a good statesman will hardly think it worth his while to spend nose - jewels upon such persons , unless it be to serve them as you do swine ...
... affected this kind of snout , as an indication of his being master of the talent of humour . But a good statesman will hardly think it worth his while to spend nose - jewels upon such persons , unless it be to serve them as you do swine ...
Page 103
... affecting Tillotson . I really believe you would have corrected that young Athe- nian marquis , Alcibiades , as soon as his philosophic preceptor . What I would urge is , that all the preachers in the world , whether jocose , satiric ...
... affecting Tillotson . I really believe you would have corrected that young Athe- nian marquis , Alcibiades , as soon as his philosophic preceptor . What I would urge is , that all the preachers in the world , whether jocose , satiric ...
Page 112
... affected love of wine ; his only skill in POLITICS was the art of jumbling a parcel of words together , and applying them , as he ima- gined , very properly to the times . By this means he became distinguished among his associates as ...
... affected love of wine ; his only skill in POLITICS was the art of jumbling a parcel of words together , and applying them , as he ima- gined , very properly to the times . By this means he became distinguished among his associates as ...
Page 115
... affecting to a generous spirit : such has been my lot . Many of my readers will hardly believe me when I tell them , that I have been cen- sured for not writing in a serious manner . The ac- cusation is indeed severe ; for it implies ...
... affecting to a generous spirit : such has been my lot . Many of my readers will hardly believe me when I tell them , that I have been cen- sured for not writing in a serious manner . The ac- cusation is indeed severe ; for it implies ...
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