The British Essayists;: MirrorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 |
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... learned in life , is that of being able to trifle upon occasion . No character can possibly be more contemptible than that of a talking , empty , giggling fool , who is incapable of fixing his attention upon any thing that is import ...
... learned in life , is that of being able to trifle upon occasion . No character can possibly be more contemptible than that of a talking , empty , giggling fool , who is incapable of fixing his attention upon any thing that is import ...
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... learned ; and I went to a dinner where several of the literati were to be assembled , full of the hopes of ha- ving my mind enlightened with knowledge , expanded with sentiment , and charmed with the Atticism of elegant conversation ...
... learned ; and I went to a dinner where several of the literati were to be assembled , full of the hopes of ha- ving my mind enlightened with knowledge , expanded with sentiment , and charmed with the Atticism of elegant conversation ...
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... learned man ; and I could observe in my fellow guests an attention to the dishes before them , which I thought did not quite correspond with the dignity of that character . This , however , was but a small deviation from my picture ...
... learned man ; and I could observe in my fellow guests an attention to the dishes before them , which I thought did not quite correspond with the dignity of that character . This , however , was but a small deviation from my picture ...
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... learned , by degrees , that the money he re- ' ceived for the last two years he resided in London , had come from Leonora ; that she had paid all his debts there , and with the small remains of her for- ' tune , had purchased an annuity ...
... learned , by degrees , that the money he re- ' ceived for the last two years he resided in London , had come from Leonora ; that she had paid all his debts there , and with the small remains of her for- ' tune , had purchased an annuity ...
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... learned . They , being book - learned gentlemen , write in divers tongues , whereby we poor simple men are at a loss , and Europe may be overthrown by com- pacts and associations , or ever we can understand the danger . Not many days ...
... learned . They , being book - learned gentlemen , write in divers tongues , whereby we poor simple men are at a loss , and Europe may be overthrown by com- pacts and associations , or ever we can understand the danger . Not many days ...
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