The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London, to His Friends in the East, Том 2Wm. Otridge and Son, John Walker, James Scatchard, Vernor & Hood, D. Ogilvy and Son, and Darton & Harvey, 1800 |
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... pleased with being in the crowd which fees it ; it is amufing to obferve the effect which fuch a fpectacle has upon the variety of faces , the pleasure it excites in fome , the envy in others , and the wishes it raises in all . With ...
... pleased with being in the crowd which fees it ; it is amufing to obferve the effect which fuch a fpectacle has upon the variety of faces , the pleasure it excites in fome , the envy in others , and the wishes it raises in all . With ...
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... pleased with confcious baseness . Very different is the fituation of difagreeing friends , their feparation produces mutual uneafinefs : like that di- vided being in fabulous creation , their sympathetic fouls once more defire their ...
... pleased with confcious baseness . Very different is the fituation of difagreeing friends , their feparation produces mutual uneafinefs : like that di- vided being in fabulous creation , their sympathetic fouls once more defire their ...
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... pleased to take pity on his fuf- ferings , and concealed his good luck from every person , as is ufual in money dreams , in order to have the vifion repeated the two fucceeding nights , by which he fhould be certain of it's veracity ...
... pleased to take pity on his fuf- ferings , and concealed his good luck from every person , as is ufual in money dreams , in order to have the vifion repeated the two fucceeding nights , by which he fhould be certain of it's veracity ...
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... pleased ; but they soon brought her back again to miserable refinement . She once praised the painting of the box in which we were fitting , but was foon convinced , that fuch paltry pieces ought rather to excite horror than ...
... pleased ; but they soon brought her back again to miserable refinement . She once praised the painting of the box in which we were fitting , but was foon convinced , that fuch paltry pieces ought rather to excite horror than ...
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... pleased to release me . " $ The old man's paffion for confinement is fimilar to that we all have for life . We are habituated to the pri- fon , we look round with discontent , are displeased with the abode , and yet the length of our ...
... pleased to release me . " $ The old man's paffion for confinement is fimilar to that we all have for life . We are habituated to the pri- fon , we look round with discontent , are displeased with the abode , and yet the length of our ...
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Adieu affiftance affured againſt almoſt alſo amuſement anſwer applauſe beauty becauſe beſt buſineſs cauſe ceremony China Chineſe Confucius converfation cries curiofity defcribe defigned defire diſappointment drefs eaſily Engliſh faid fame faſhion fatisfied fays fecure feemed feen fenfible fent ferve fhall fhew fhort filk fince fingle firft firſt fociety fome meaſure fometimes foon fortune foul ftill fubject fuch fufficient FUM HOAM fure furniſhed greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf horſe houſe huſband hyæna increaſe inftruction juft juſt juſtice lady laft laſt leaſt LETTER LIEN CHI ALTANGI Mencius moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obfervation obliged occafion paffion perfon philofopher pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible praiſe preſent puniſhment reaſon refolved reſembles reſpect Ruffia ſee ſeem ſeen ſerve ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch ſurpriſing thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Tibbs ufual underſtand uſe whole wiſdom
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