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... conversation always ended , on whatever subject it began . We had none of the collateral interests which diversify the life of others with joy and hopes , but had turned our whole attention on one event , which we could neither hasten ...
... conversation always ended , on whatever subject it began . We had none of the collateral interests which diversify the life of others with joy and hopes , but had turned our whole attention on one event , which we could neither hasten ...
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... conversation seldom ended without some complaint of my covet- ousness , or some remark upon my language or my gait . I now began to venture into the public walks , and to know the faces of nobles and beauties ; but could not observe ...
... conversation seldom ended without some complaint of my covet- ousness , or some remark upon my language or my gait . I now began to venture into the public walks , and to know the faces of nobles and beauties ; but could not observe ...
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... conversation upon ribands , fillets , pins , or thread , which drove all my stock of compliments out of my memory , and overwhelmed me with shame and dejection . of " Thus I passed the ten first years after the death my brother , in ...
... conversation upon ribands , fillets , pins , or thread , which drove all my stock of compliments out of my memory , and overwhelmed me with shame and dejection . of " Thus I passed the ten first years after the death my brother , in ...
Contents
Peevishness equally wretched and offensivethe Character of Tetrica | 74 |
The World never known but by a Change of Fortune the History of Melissa | 75 |
The Arts by which bad Men are reconciled to them selves | 76 |
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