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Page 152
... delight of unfriendly intimacies , and unmeaning civilities , they are abso- lutely silent . Blunt truth , and ... delightful indolence , the glitter of finery , the triumph of precedence , the enchantments of flattery , they seem to ...
... delight of unfriendly intimacies , and unmeaning civilities , they are abso- lutely silent . Blunt truth , and ... delightful indolence , the glitter of finery , the triumph of precedence , the enchantments of flattery , they seem to ...
Page 173
... delightful images . This may , indeed , sometimes be effected by turn- ing the attention upon advantages which are ... delight no longer with the civility of truth , he will invent new topics of panegyric , and break out into raptures ...
... delightful images . This may , indeed , sometimes be effected by turn- ing the attention upon advantages which are ... delight no longer with the civility of truth , he will invent new topics of panegyric , and break out into raptures ...
Page 333
... delight the eye or in- flame the heart . " This was naturally to be expected , and this I began to experience . But ... delighted me ; the day rose upon me without an engagement , and the evening closed in its natural gloom , without ...
... delight the eye or in- flame the heart . " This was naturally to be expected , and this I began to experience . But ... delighted me ; the day rose upon me without an engagement , and the evening closed in its natural gloom , without ...
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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