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" H 2 where where put to flight, they thought proper at laft to retire to their own citadels; that is, to form numerous and brilliant aflemblies at their own hotels, in which they imagined that they could neither be imitated nor intruded on. "
Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure - Page 268
1761
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The World ..

1753 - 668 pages
...that they could neither be imitated, nor intruded on. But here again they were greivoufly miflaken ; for no fooner was the fignal given, but every little...cardtables, and overflowed with company : and as making acrowd was the great point here principally aimed at, the fmaller the houfes, and the more indifferent...
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The World ..

1753 - 672 pages
...retire to their own citadels ; that is, to form numerous and brilliant affemblies at their own hotels, in which they imagined, that they could neither be...imitated, nor intruded on. But here again they were greivoufly miftaken ; for no fooner was the fignal given, but every little lodging-houfe in town, of...
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Miscellaneous Pieces, in Verse and Prose

Soame Jenyns - Good and evil - 1770 - 468 pages
...retire to their own citadels ; that is, to form numerous and brilliant afTemblies at their own hotels, in which they imagined, that they could neither be...imitated, nor intruded on. But here again they were griev* ouGy V W on (ly millakcn ., for no fooner was the fignal given, but every little lodging-houfc...
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The World, Volume 3

Edward Moore - English essays - 1772 - 336 pages
...which they imagined, that they could neither fee imitat-. ed, nor intruded on. But here again they wer* grievoufly miftaken ; for no fooner was the fignal...clofet on a floor, or rather of two clofets and a capboard, teemed with cardtables, and overflowed with company : and as making a crowd was the great...
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The World, by Adam Fitz-Adam, Volume 3

1776 - 278 pages
...retire to their own citadels ; that is, to form numerous and brilliant affemblies at their own hotels, in which they imagined that they could neither be...nor intruded on. But here again they were grievoufly mi ftaken; for no fooner was the fignal given, but every little lodging-houfe in Town, of two rooms...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 7

1786 - 636 pages
...retire to their own citadels; that is, to form numerous and brilliant aflemblifs at their own hotel; , in which they imagined that they could neither be imitated nor intruded on. But here agiin they were grievoufly miftaken; for no fooner was the lignai given, but every little lodging-houfe...
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The Works of Soame Jenyns ...: Including Several Pieces Never ..., Volume 2

Soame Jenyns - 1790 - 324 pages
...retire to their own citadels; that is, to form numerous and brilliant aflemblies at their own hotels, in which they imagined that they could neither be...rather of two clofets and a cupboard, teemed with card tables, and overflowed with company : and as making a crowd was the great point here principally...
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The Works of Soame Jenyns, Esq. ...: Including Several Pieces ..., Volume 1

Soame Jenyns, Charles Nalson Cole - 1791 - 484 pages
...retire to their own citadels ; that is, to form numerous and brilliant aflemblies at their own hotels, in which they imagined that they could neither be...for no fooner was the fignal given, but every little lodginglodging-houfe in town, of two rooms and a clofet on a floor, or rather of two clofets and a...
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The Works of Soame Jenyns,esq. ...

Soame Jenyns, Charles Nalson Cole - 1793 - 318 pages
...retire to their own citadels ; that is, to form numerous and brilliant aflemblies at their own hotels, in which they imagined that they could neither be...for no fooner was the fignal given, but every little lodging -houfe in town, of two rooms and a clofet on a floor, or rather of two clofets and a cupboard,...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 28

British essayists - 1802 - 292 pages
...retire to their own citadels; that is, to form numerous and brilliant assemblies at their own hotels, in which they imagined, that they could neither be...imitated, nor intruded on. But here again they were grievously mistaken ; for no sooner was the signal given, but every little lodging-house in town, of...
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