The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 |
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... manner , and imme- diately perceived his pulse quicken two thirds ; when his eyes , instead of the wildness with which they appeared at his entrance , looked with all the gentleness imaginable upon me , not without tears . Oh ! Sir ...
... manner , and imme- diately perceived his pulse quicken two thirds ; when his eyes , instead of the wildness with which they appeared at his entrance , looked with all the gentleness imaginable upon me , not without tears . Oh ! Sir ...
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... manner of em- ploying that time . You have answered me as to travel and a campaign , so that we have only Great Britain to avoid her in . Be then yourself , and listen to the following rules , which only can be of use to you in this ...
... manner of em- ploying that time . You have answered me as to travel and a campaign , so that we have only Great Britain to avoid her in . Be then yourself , and listen to the following rules , which only can be of use to you in this ...
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... manner , that I cannot in a day or two get out of my imagination any very beau- tiful or disagreeable impression which I receive on such occasions . For this reason , I frequently look in at the play - house , in order to enlarge my ...
... manner , that I cannot in a day or two get out of my imagination any very beau- tiful or disagreeable impression which I receive on such occasions . For this reason , I frequently look in at the play - house , in order to enlarge my ...
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... manners , so that the dog often gives himself the airs of a cat , and the cat , in several of her motions and ... manner at his late trial in Sheer - lane on the twentieth instant , and was carried off dead upon taking away of his ...
... manners , so that the dog often gives himself the airs of a cat , and the cat , in several of her motions and ... manner at his late trial in Sheer - lane on the twentieth instant , and was carried off dead upon taking away of his ...
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... manner proper for so solemn a parting , and with a gracefulness peculiar to a woman of her character . My heart was torn to pieces , to see the husband on one side suppressing and keeping down the swellings of his grief , for fear of ...
... manner proper for so solemn a parting , and with a gracefulness peculiar to a woman of her character . My heart was torn to pieces , to see the husband on one side suppressing and keeping down the swellings of his grief , for fear of ...
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acquaintance admired Æneid agreeable APARTMENT appear beauty behaviour Bickerstaff called cerned character Cicero COFFEE-HOUSE confess consider conversation creatures death delight desire Dido discourse dress endeavour entertain Erasistratus Eriphyle ESQUIRE esteem eyes fancy father favour FEBRUARY 22 fortune gentleman give Great-Britain greatest happy hath heart honour hope humble humour husband imagination impertinent innocent ISAAC BICKERSTAFF kind lady learned letter live look lover mankind manner marriage ment mind nature neral never night observe occasion OVID Palamede particular pass passion persons petitioner play pleased pleasure poet present pretend proper racter reason received Roman Censors Rome says sense SHEER-LANE soul speak spirit Stratonice Tatler tell temper Terentia thing thou thought THURSDAY Timoleon tion told town TUESDAY tural turn upholsterer VIRG Virgil virtue whole wife woman words write young