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Page 60
... pleasure in winning ; that they like to win one game and lose another ; that they can while away an hour very agreeably at a card - table , but are indifferent whether they play or no ; and will desire an adversary , who has slipped a ...
... pleasure in winning ; that they like to win one game and lose another ; that they can while away an hour very agreeably at a card - table , but are indifferent whether they play or no ; and will desire an adversary , who has slipped a ...
Page 61
... pleasure of send- ing the substance of them to Mr. Bowles ; but I sup- pose they came too late to be inserted among his in- genious notes upon that author . Quadrille , she has often told me , was her first love ; but whist had engaged ...
... pleasure of send- ing the substance of them to Mr. Bowles ; but I sup- pose they came too late to be inserted among his in- genious notes upon that author . Quadrille , she has often told me , was her first love ; but whist had engaged ...
Page 71
... pleasure from this so cried - up faculty . of — I am constitutionally susceptible of noises . A car- penter's hammer , in a warm summer noon , will fret me into more than midsummer madness . But those unconnected , unset sounds are ...
... pleasure from this so cried - up faculty . of — I am constitutionally susceptible of noises . A car- penter's hammer , in a warm summer noon , will fret me into more than midsummer madness . But those unconnected , unset sounds are ...
Page 93
... pleasure from a casual glimpse of Nature , but must catch at it as an object of instruction . He must interpret beauty into the pictu- resque . He cannot relish a beggar - man , or a gypsy , for thinking of the suitable improvement ...
... pleasure from a casual glimpse of Nature , but must catch at it as an object of instruction . He must interpret beauty into the pictu- resque . He cannot relish a beggar - man , or a gypsy , for thinking of the suitable improvement ...
Page 96
... pleasure , while they shake hands with their old master , bringing a present of game to me , or a toy to my wife , and thanking me in the warmest terms for my care of their education . A holiday is begged for the boys ; the house is a ...
... pleasure , while they shake hands with their old master , bringing a present of game to me , or a toy to my wife , and thanking me in the warmest terms for my care of their education . A holiday is begged for the boys ; the house is a ...
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