The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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... fashion , when duelling was the rage , and the point of honour was to be defined by a chain of logic that would have puzzled Aristotle ; we can turn to the time , when it was reputable to get drunk , and when the fine gentleman of the ...
... fashion , when duelling was the rage , and the point of honour was to be defined by a chain of logic that would have puzzled Aristotle ; we can turn to the time , when it was reputable to get drunk , and when the fine gentleman of the ...
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... fashion or rich Commerce waft To deck thee like a bride , compare these scenes With pity not with scorn , and let thy heart , Not wanton with profperity , but warm VOL . IV . C With With grateful adoration , send up praise To the great ...
... fashion or rich Commerce waft To deck thee like a bride , compare these scenes With pity not with scorn , and let thy heart , Not wanton with profperity , but warm VOL . IV . C With With grateful adoration , send up praise To the great ...
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... fashion dined at five , and what could he do ? " He must live as other great families lived ; if in- " deed he was a mere private gentleman , he might " do as he liked best . " If it be so , thought I , this man's great fortune is an ...
... fashion dined at five , and what could he do ? " He must live as other great families lived ; if in- " deed he was a mere private gentleman , he might " do as he liked best . " If it be so , thought I , this man's great fortune is an ...
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... fashion , and casts himself in the same mould , he must also cast himself in the fame metal . Now if I am right in my assertion , that sycophants bear a higher price in England than elfewhere ( and , if scarcity makes things dear , I ...
... fashion , and casts himself in the same mould , he must also cast himself in the fame metal . Now if I am right in my assertion , that sycophants bear a higher price in England than elfewhere ( and , if scarcity makes things dear , I ...
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... fashion never ap- plied false bottoms to those , whom Nature had provided with true ones ; they feem to have had a better eye for due proportion than to add to a redundancy , because in some cafes it was con- venient to fill up a vacuum ...
... fashion never ap- plied false bottoms to those , whom Nature had provided with true ones ; they feem to have had a better eye for due proportion than to add to a redundancy , because in some cafes it was con- venient to fill up a vacuum ...
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