The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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Page 24
... cried- " Why was it not my fortune to have faid " Go , and be happy ? " - On a rising slope Full to the fouth the stately mansion stands , Where dwells the master of this rich domain ; Plain and of chafte proportion the device , Not ...
... cried- " Why was it not my fortune to have faid " Go , and be happy ? " - On a rising slope Full to the fouth the stately mansion stands , Where dwells the master of this rich domain ; Plain and of chafte proportion the device , Not ...
Page 28
... cried Attalus ; " they are the curse and " vexation of my life ; I wish I could live with- " out them ; no man can be happy , who has to " do with them . " - Is it fo ? ( faid I within my- self ) then I have the advantage over you in ...
... cried Attalus ; " they are the curse and " vexation of my life ; I wish I could live with- " out them ; no man can be happy , who has to " do with them . " - Is it fo ? ( faid I within my- self ) then I have the advantage over you in ...
Page 112
... cried he : Moft certain I patiently replied ; He swell'd and huff ' d , " As if forfooth I had done him heinous wrong , And robb'd him of his proper dignity ; " Ridiculous conceit ! -What offering mak'st thou To Er fichthon ? he ...
... cried he : Moft certain I patiently replied ; He swell'd and huff ' d , " As if forfooth I had done him heinous wrong , And robb'd him of his proper dignity ; " Ridiculous conceit ! -What offering mak'st thou To Er fichthon ? he ...
Page 227
... cried Billy Sparkle , and followed up his repartee with a laugh , in which he was himself the only performer . It is high time now , fays the attorney , directing his discourse to me , to make you acquainted with the business we are ...
... cried Billy Sparkle , and followed up his repartee with a laugh , in which he was himself the only performer . It is high time now , fays the attorney , directing his discourse to me , to make you acquainted with the business we are ...
Page 228
... cried Mr. Sparkle senior ; there are three lots up for Mr. Drowsy or his friends to chuse from , and I only wait his fignal for knocking down the lot , that he likes best . This I could not perfectly understand in the terms of This 228 ...
... cried Mr. Sparkle senior ; there are three lots up for Mr. Drowsy or his friends to chuse from , and I only wait his fignal for knocking down the lot , that he likes best . This I could not perfectly understand in the terms of This 228 ...
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