The IdlerJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... performance on horfeback . 7 Scheme for news - writers . 8 Plan of military difcipline . 9 Progrefs of idleness . 10 Political credulity . 11 Difcourfes on the weather . 17 21 25 29 33 37 12 Marriages why advertifed . 13 The imaginary ...
... performance on horfeback . 7 Scheme for news - writers . 8 Plan of military difcipline . 9 Progrefs of idleness . 10 Political credulity . 11 Difcourfes on the weather . 17 21 25 29 33 37 12 Marriages why advertifed . 13 The imaginary ...
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... fhort time , apologies have become necessary to those ingenious gentlemen and ladies , whose performances , though in the highest degree elegant B 3 elegant and learned , have been unavoidably de- layed . NŽ 2 . 5 THE IDLER .
... fhort time , apologies have become necessary to those ingenious gentlemen and ladies , whose performances , though in the highest degree elegant B 3 elegant and learned , have been unavoidably de- layed . NŽ 2 . 5 THE IDLER .
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... performances to the Idler , make a cheap experiment of his abilities , and enjoy the pleasure of fuccefs , without the hazard of mifcar- riage . Many advantages not generally known arise from this method of stealing on the publick . The ...
... performances to the Idler , make a cheap experiment of his abilities , and enjoy the pleasure of fuccefs , without the hazard of mifcar- riage . Many advantages not generally known arise from this method of stealing on the publick . The ...
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... performance . The compofi- tion of this narrative ought not to be committed rafhly to improper hands . If the rhetoricians of Newmarket , who may be fuppofed likely to conceive in its full ftrength the dignity of the fubject , fhould ...
... performance . The compofi- tion of this narrative ought not to be committed rafhly to improper hands . If the rhetoricians of Newmarket , who may be fuppofed likely to conceive in its full ftrength the dignity of the fubject , fhould ...
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... performance , she won her wager ; and , left this fhould , by any change of manners , feem an inade- quate or incredible incitement , let it be added , that at this time the original motives of human actions had loft their influence ...
... performance , she won her wager ; and , left this fhould , by any change of manners , feem an inade- quate or incredible incitement , let it be added , that at this time the original motives of human actions had loft their influence ...
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advertiſements againſt almoſt amuſement becauſe bufy buſineſs cauſe cenfure confidered courſe critick curiofity cuſtom defign defire delight difcovered eafily eafy eaſy endeavour enquiry fafe faid fame fatire fcarcely fecure feem feen feldom fenfe fent fervant fhall fhew fhop fhould filk fince firſt fleep fome fomething fometimes foon friends ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupplied fuppofe fure happineſs himſelf honour hope houfe houſe idle Idler itſelf labour lady laft laſt learned lefs live loft mifery Mifs mind moft morning moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never NUMB obferved ourſelves paffage paffed paffions perfuaded pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent promife publick purpoſe raiſed reaſon refolution refolved reft SATURDAY ſhall ſhe ſpeaks ſtate tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit whofe whoſe wife write