The Englishman: A Novel. In Six Volumes, Volume 3

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Printed at the Minerva-Press, for A.K. Newman and Company, Leadenhall-Street, 1812

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Page 158 - Lovers, and madmen, have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact.
Page 1 - High worth is elevated place : 'tis more ; It makes the post stand candidate for thee ; Makes more than monarchs, makes an honest man...
Page 198 - Virtuous and vicious every man must be, Few in the extreme, but all in the degree; The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise; And even the best by fits what they despise.
Page 130 - a dinner of herbs, where love is, is better than a stalled ox, and hatred therewith.

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