The Spectator, Volume 5George Atherton Aitken G. Routledge, 1898 - English essays |
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... called in at St James's 1 , where I found the whole outward room in a buzz of politics . The speculations were but very indifferent towards the door , but grew finer as you advanced to the upper end of the room , and were so very much ...
... called in at St James's 1 , where I found the whole outward room in a buzz of politics . The speculations were but very indifferent towards the door , but grew finer as you advanced to the upper end of the room , and were so very much ...
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... called industry , nor impudence courage . Let not good fortune be imposed on the world for good management , nor poverty be called folly ; impute not always bankruptcy to extravagance , nor an estate to foresight niggardliness is not ...
... called industry , nor impudence courage . Let not good fortune be imposed on the world for good management , nor poverty be called folly ; impute not always bankruptcy to extravagance , nor an estate to foresight niggardliness is not ...
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... called embellishers ; the others repeat only what they hear from others as literally as their parts of zeal will permit , and are called reciters . Here was a fellow in town some years ago , who used to divert himself by telling a lie ...
... called embellishers ; the others repeat only what they hear from others as literally as their parts of zeal will permit , and are called reciters . Here was a fellow in town some years ago , who used to divert himself by telling a lie ...
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