The British Essayists: RamblerNichols and Son, 1817 |
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... live in a continual appre- hension of this sort of people , that lie in wait , day and night , for our children , and may be considered as a kind of kidnappers within the law . I am the father of a young heiress , whom I begin to look ...
... live in a continual appre- hension of this sort of people , that lie in wait , day and night , for our children , and may be considered as a kind of kidnappers within the law . I am the father of a young heiress , whom I begin to look ...
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... lives in the chase , without ever coming to the quarry . Suffenus has combed and powdered at the ladies for thirty years together ; and taken his stand in a side - box , until he has grown wrinkled under their eyes . He is now laying ...
... lives in the chase , without ever coming to the quarry . Suffenus has combed and powdered at the ladies for thirty years together ; and taken his stand in a side - box , until he has grown wrinkled under their eyes . He is now laying ...
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... lives . I shall give you , under this head , a story very well known to several persons , and which you may depend upon as real truth . 6 Every one , who is acquainted with Westminster- school , knows that there is a curtain which used ...
... lives . I shall give you , under this head , a story very well known to several persons , and which you may depend upon as real truth . 6 Every one , who is acquainted with Westminster- school , knows that there is a curtain which used ...
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... lives in fruitless expectation . Now , Mr. Spectator , if you think us ripe for eco- nomy , persuade the dear creature , that to pine away into barrenness and deformity under a mo- ther's shade , is not so honourable , nor does she ...
... lives in fruitless expectation . Now , Mr. Spectator , if you think us ripe for eco- nomy , persuade the dear creature , that to pine away into barrenness and deformity under a mo- ther's shade , is not so honourable , nor does she ...
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... live , I am re- solved to do what good I can after my decease ; and have accordingly ordered my bones to be disposed of in this manner for the good of my countrymen , who are troubled with too exorbitant a degree of fire . All fox ...
... live , I am re- solved to do what good I can after my decease ; and have accordingly ordered my bones to be disposed of in this manner for the good of my countrymen , who are troubled with too exorbitant a degree of fire . All fox ...
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