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... they have been pronounced by some who did not know , that what he tells us ,
as of himself , was often true only ( historically ) of another ; as in a former Essay (
to save many instances ) — where under the first person ( his favourite figure ) ...
... they have been pronounced by some who did not know , that what he tells us ,
as of himself , was often true only ( historically ) of another ; as in a former Essay (
to save many instances ) — where under the first person ( his favourite figure ) ...
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He was petit and ordinary in his person and appearance . I have seen him
sometimes in what is called good company , but where he has been a stranger ,
sit silent , and be suspected for an odd fellow ; till some unlucky occasion
provoking it ...
He was petit and ordinary in his person and appearance . I have seen him
sometimes in what is called good company , but where he has been a stranger ,
sit silent , and be suspected for an odd fellow ; till some unlucky occasion
provoking it ...
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Hence , not many persons of science , and few professed literati , were of his
councils . They were , for the most part , persons of an uncertain fortune ; and , as
to such people commonly nothing is more obnoxious than a gentleman of settled
...
Hence , not many persons of science , and few professed literati , were of his
councils . They were , for the most part , persons of an uncertain fortune ; and , as
to such people commonly nothing is more obnoxious than a gentleman of settled
...
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... of being employed upon some public works which were talked of . From that
moment I read in the countenance of the young man , the determination which at
length tore him from academical pursuits for ever . To a person unacquainted
with ...
... of being employed upon some public works which were talked of . From that
moment I read in the countenance of the young man , the determination which at
length tore him from academical pursuits for ever . To a person unacquainted
with ...
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for mirth , rather than belief , into a downright piece of impertinence indeed ,
which would raise no diversion in us , but rather stir pain , to see inflicted in
earnest upon any unworthy person . A very judicious actor ( in most of his parts )
seems to ...
for mirth , rather than belief , into a downright piece of impertinence indeed ,
which would raise no diversion in us , but rather stir pain , to see inflicted in
earnest upon any unworthy person . A very judicious actor ( in most of his parts )
seems to ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Last Essays of Elia |
| Author | Charles Lamb |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Dent, 1901 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 254 pages |
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