The idler. PoemsPafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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... soon after my arrival , admitted to this envied party , which I frequented till I had learned the art by which each endeavoured to support his character . Tom Steady was a vehement assertor of uncon- troverted truth ; and by keeping ...
... soon after my arrival , admitted to this envied party , which I frequented till I had learned the art by which each endeavoured to support his character . Tom Steady was a vehement assertor of uncon- troverted truth ; and by keeping ...
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... finds ground ploughed which is fitter for pasture . He is always an enemy to the present fashion . He holds that all the beauty and virtue of women will soon be destroyed by the use of tea . He triumphs when he 26 THE IDLER.
... finds ground ploughed which is fitter for pasture . He is always an enemy to the present fashion . He holds that all the beauty and virtue of women will soon be destroyed by the use of tea . He triumphs when he 26 THE IDLER.
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... soon discovered another lodging , which Mr. Quick went to survey , and found , that , whenever the wind should blow from the east , all the smoke of the city would be driven upon it . A magnificent set of rooms was then found in one of ...
... soon discovered another lodging , which Mr. Quick went to survey , and found , that , whenever the wind should blow from the east , all the smoke of the city would be driven upon it . A magnificent set of rooms was then found in one of ...
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... soon this mist of trifles must be scattered , and the bubbles that float upon the rivulet of life be lost for ever in the gulph of eternity . To this consideration scarcely any man is awakened but by some pressing and resistless evil ...
... soon this mist of trifles must be scattered , and the bubbles that float upon the rivulet of life be lost for ever in the gulph of eternity . To this consideration scarcely any man is awakened but by some pressing and resistless evil ...
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... soon be at an end , and that , if they had any honest occupation , half - pay would be a pretty help . He looked at me with indignation ; and snatching up his candle , told me , as he went up stairs , that he hoped to see a battle yet ...
... soon be at an end , and that , if they had any honest occupation , half - pay would be a pretty help . He looked at me with indignation ; and snatching up his candle , told me , as he went up stairs , that he hoped to see a battle yet ...
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