The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 |
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... thought , as he was going to communicate his busi- ness to me . But at last , recovering himself , he said with an air of great respect , Sir , it would be an injury to your knowledge in the occult sciences , to tell you what is my ...
... thought , as he was going to communicate his busi- ness to me . But at last , recovering himself , he said with an air of great respect , Sir , it would be an injury to your knowledge in the occult sciences , to tell you what is my ...
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... thought I , that human nature can rejoice in its disgrace , and take pleasure in seeing its own figure turned to ridicule , and distorted into forms that raise horror and aversion ? There is something dis- ingenuous and immoral in the ...
... thought I , that human nature can rejoice in its disgrace , and take pleasure in seeing its own figure turned to ridicule , and distorted into forms that raise horror and aversion ? There is something dis- ingenuous and immoral in the ...
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... thought an indecorum that I visit a man . ' She made here a pretty hesitation , and held her fan to her face.- Then , as if recovering her resolution , she proceeded 6 your - But I think you have said , that men of age are of no sex ...
... thought an indecorum that I visit a man . ' She made here a pretty hesitation , and held her fan to her face.- Then , as if recovering her resolution , she proceeded 6 your - But I think you have said , that men of age are of no sex ...
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... , their congratulations and condolences are equally words of course ; and one would be thought wonder- fully ill - bred , that should build upon such ex- pressions as encouragements to expect from them any instance of 22 No. 109 . TATLER .
... , their congratulations and condolences are equally words of course ; and one would be thought wonder- fully ill - bred , that should build upon such ex- pressions as encouragements to expect from them any instance of 22 No. 109 . TATLER .
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... thought she did not come under the censure expressed in my writings for the same ; and humbly hoped I would not condemn her for the ignorance of her accusers , who , according to their own words , had rather re- presented her killing ...
... thought she did not come under the censure expressed in my writings for the same ; and humbly hoped I would not condemn her for the ignorance of her accusers , who , according to their own words , had rather re- presented her killing ...
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