The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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Page 49
... course within the buoys and marks , that true good - manners have fet up for all men to steer by ! Jokes out of feafon , unpleasant truths touched upon incautiously ; plump questions ( as they are called ) put without any preface or VOL ...
... course within the buoys and marks , that true good - manners have fet up for all men to steer by ! Jokes out of feafon , unpleasant truths touched upon incautiously ; plump questions ( as they are called ) put without any preface or VOL ...
Page 52
... course of time leads him to another , for he no fooner finds us recovered to a proper temper of mind , than he calls to mind our former impa- tience and comparing it with our present tran- quillity concludes upon appearances , that we ...
... course of time leads him to another , for he no fooner finds us recovered to a proper temper of mind , than he calls to mind our former impa- tience and comparing it with our present tran- quillity concludes upon appearances , that we ...
Page 53
... course of things by our complaining of them . Thus for want of calculating times and feafons he begins to think despisingly of us , and we in spite of all his fincerity grow tired of him and dread his company . Before I quit this ...
... course of things by our complaining of them . Thus for want of calculating times and feafons he begins to think despisingly of us , and we in spite of all his fincerity grow tired of him and dread his company . Before I quit this ...
Page 101
... course of time have fallen into egregious " folly and declension : You may demand why " I instance them at this time and in this place- " I answer that we are now present in the city of " Olympia , and you may figure to yourself a ...
... course of time have fallen into egregious " folly and declension : You may demand why " I instance them at this time and in this place- " I answer that we are now present in the city of " Olympia , and you may figure to yourself a ...
Page 112
... Courses ? -No fuch perfon ; Mofchion and Niceratus and Philimus , These are my guests and friends , and amongst thefe " You'll find no table - decker as I take it . " Gods ! is it possible ? cried he : Moft certain I patiently replied ...
... Courses ? -No fuch perfon ; Mofchion and Niceratus and Philimus , These are my guests and friends , and amongst thefe " You'll find no table - decker as I take it . " Gods ! is it possible ? cried he : Moft certain I patiently replied ...
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