The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 |
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... side - table , and reading one of my own papers with great satis- faction , not knowing that I was observed by any in the room . I had not long enjoyed this secret plea- sure of an author , when a gentleman , some of whose works I have ...
... side - table , and reading one of my own papers with great satis- faction , not knowing that I was observed by any in the room . I had not long enjoyed this secret plea- sure of an author , when a gentleman , some of whose works I have ...
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... sides close written , that may serve any one that is tall , and understands Latin . I have further , about fifty similes , that were never yet applied , besides three - and - twenty descrip- tions of the sun rising , that might be of ...
... sides close written , that may serve any one that is tall , and understands Latin . I have further , about fifty similes , that were never yet applied , besides three - and - twenty descrip- tions of the sun rising , that might be of ...
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... side of it ; and , I believe , would be glad to come into the world in verse . ' We could not go on in our treaty , by reason of two or three critics that joined us . They had been talking , it seems , of the two letters which were ...
... side of it ; and , I believe , would be glad to come into the world in verse . ' We could not go on in our treaty , by reason of two or three critics that joined us . They had been talking , it seems , of the two letters which were ...
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... . draw an excellent picture of him in either of these views . The finest authors of antiquity have taken him on the more advantageous side . They cultivate the may natural grandeur of the soul , raise in her a 14 ' NO . 108 . TATLER .
... . draw an excellent picture of him in either of these views . The finest authors of antiquity have taken him on the more advantageous side . They cultivate the may natural grandeur of the soul , raise in her a 14 ' NO . 108 . TATLER .
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... side of her , and one glass also before , she herself appearing the prettiest that ever was . ' The girl was going on in her story , when the lady was come to my door in her chair , having mistaken the house . As soon as she entered I ...
... side of her , and one glass also before , she herself appearing the prettiest that ever was . ' The girl was going on in her story , when the lady was come to my door in her chair , having mistaken the house . As soon as she entered I ...
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