The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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... less than Ar- thur's round table : Here I may be told that dress is not manners ; but I must contend that the manners of a man in a full - bottomed wig must partake something of the stiffness of the barber's buckle ; nor do I see how he ...
... less than Ar- thur's round table : Here I may be told that dress is not manners ; but I must contend that the manners of a man in a full - bottomed wig must partake something of the stiffness of the barber's buckle ; nor do I see how he ...
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... Less than the world's wide compass bound my love . No more ; for now the hofpitable gates Of wealthy Attalus invite their guest ; I paus'd and look'd , and yielding to the wish That fortune had bequeath'd me fuch a lot , A momentary ...
... Less than the world's wide compass bound my love . No more ; for now the hofpitable gates Of wealthy Attalus invite their guest ; I paus'd and look'd , and yielding to the wish That fortune had bequeath'd me fuch a lot , A momentary ...
Page 42
... less oftentatious and purer virtues of felf - denial , refignation , humility , piety , forbear- ance and many others are addressed to God- alone , they offer no gratification to self , they feek for no applause from man . But in which ...
... less oftentatious and purer virtues of felf - denial , refignation , humility , piety , forbear- ance and many others are addressed to God- alone , they offer no gratification to self , they feek for no applause from man . But in which ...
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... less than they expected and predicted . These retorts , cast in our teeth in the very moment of vexation , are what few tempers , when galled with disappointment , can patiently put up with ; they may possibly be the pure result of zeal ...
... less than they expected and predicted . These retorts , cast in our teeth in the very moment of vexation , are what few tempers , when galled with disappointment , can patiently put up with ; they may possibly be the pure result of zeal ...
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... less than it did in time by the revolution which took place . I shall now produce some specimens of the comedies , which fall under this class , and such accounts as I have been able to collect of their authors , whom I have ranged ...
... less than it did in time by the revolution which took place . I shall now produce some specimens of the comedies , which fall under this class , and such accounts as I have been able to collect of their authors , whom I have ranged ...
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