The British Essayists, Том 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... eyes off from a beautiful young creature who sat just before me , and who , I have been since informed , has no fortune . It would utterly ruin my reputation for discretion to marry such a one , and by what I can learn she has a ...
... eyes off from a beautiful young creature who sat just before me , and who , I have been since informed , has no fortune . It would utterly ruin my reputation for discretion to marry such a one , and by what I can learn she has a ...
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... eyes upon him , that will narrowly inspect every part of him , consider him nicely in all views , and not be a little pleased , when they have taken him in the worst and most dis- advantageous light . There are many who find a plea ...
... eyes upon him , that will narrowly inspect every part of him , consider him nicely in all views , and not be a little pleased , when they have taken him in the worst and most dis- advantageous light . There are many who find a plea ...
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... eye over all the inconsiderable circumstances of his behaviour and conversation ; or because , as we have before observed , the same temper of mind which inclines us to a desire of fame , naturally betrays us into such slips and unwa ...
... eye over all the inconsiderable circumstances of his behaviour and conversation ; or because , as we have before observed , the same temper of mind which inclines us to a desire of fame , naturally betrays us into such slips and unwa ...
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... eye of Providence , Present to every action we commence . THAT I might not lose myself upon a subject of so great extent as that of fame , I have treated it in a particular order and method . I have first of all considered the reasons ...
... eye of Providence , Present to every action we commence . THAT I might not lose myself upon a subject of so great extent as that of fame , I have treated it in a particular order and method . I have first of all considered the reasons ...
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... eye , but make the soul lovely and precious in his sight , from whom no secrets are concealed . Again , there are many virtues which want an opportunity of exerting and shewing them- selves in actions . Every virtue requires time and ...
... eye , but make the soul lovely and precious in his sight , from whom no secrets are concealed . Again , there are many virtues which want an opportunity of exerting and shewing them- selves in actions . Every virtue requires time and ...
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