The Spectator ...Angier March, 1803 |
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... conversation , deserve the custom and thanks of the whole town ; and it is your duty to remind them of the ... conversation . By convers- ing generally with the dead , I grew almost unfit for the society of the living ; so by a long ...
... conversation , deserve the custom and thanks of the whole town ; and it is your duty to remind them of the ... conversation . By convers- ing generally with the dead , I grew almost unfit for the society of the living ; so by a long ...
Page 273
... conversation they had lost by giving way to such superfluous phrases . " What a tax , " says he , " would they have raised for the poor , had we put the laws in execution upon one another ! " Every one of them took this gentle reproof ...
... conversation they had lost by giving way to such superfluous phrases . " What a tax , " says he , " would they have raised for the poor , had we put the laws in execution upon one another ! " Every one of them took this gentle reproof ...
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... conversation . It is certain that all men , who are the least given to reflection , are seized with an inclination ... conversations of the wise , the impertinent , the grave , the frolic , and the witty ; and yet his own character has ...
... conversation . It is certain that all men , who are the least given to reflection , are seized with an inclination ... conversations of the wise , the impertinent , the grave , the frolic , and the witty ; and yet his own character has ...
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