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... perhaps by his natural timidity , he rarely quitted the house ; and I do not recollect to have seen him more than five or six times beyond the gates of the area of his dwelling . His lady , meanwhile , was engaged either in directing ...
... perhaps by his natural timidity , he rarely quitted the house ; and I do not recollect to have seen him more than five or six times beyond the gates of the area of his dwelling . His lady , meanwhile , was engaged either in directing ...
Page 66
... perhaps of any epoch , are un- doubtedly the rival publications of Edinburgh and London . In point of literary merit I am sometimes at a loss which to prefer . The northern luminary is , I believe , regarded as the most ingenious of the ...
... perhaps of any epoch , are un- doubtedly the rival publications of Edinburgh and London . In point of literary merit I am sometimes at a loss which to prefer . The northern luminary is , I believe , regarded as the most ingenious of the ...
Page 76
... Essays , and really they have a great deal of merit . The style is perhaps here and there a little harsh ; but the general effect is classical , and the spirit 76 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE . -Stray Essays, ........................
... Essays , and really they have a great deal of merit . The style is perhaps here and there a little harsh ; but the general effect is classical , and the spirit 76 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE . -Stray Essays, ........................
Page 78
... perhaps , to a benevolent mind , the obscure struggles of the former will not be a less interesting object of contemplation , than the more splendid labours of the latter , but less immediately con- nected with human happiness or misery ...
... perhaps , to a benevolent mind , the obscure struggles of the former will not be a less interesting object of contemplation , than the more splendid labours of the latter , but less immediately con- nected with human happiness or misery ...
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... perhaps have an invidious appearance to insist farther on the peculiar imperfections to which li- terary men are liable , but I cannot help adding , that there is often a defect in that very department in which they might be supposed to ...
... perhaps have an invidious appearance to insist farther on the peculiar imperfections to which li- terary men are liable , but I cannot help adding , that there is often a defect in that very department in which they might be supposed to ...
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