Memoirs of the forty-five first years of the life of James Lackington, bookseller. Written by himself, in 47 letters to a friendWhittaker Treacher & Arnot, 1827 |
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... ideas , and deals with the new lights , both clear and will - o ' - the - whispish , which it may be put into a situation to acquire . Some pleasant anecdotes also occasionally re- lieve the good - humoured egotism of the cheap- est ...
... ideas , and deals with the new lights , both clear and will - o ' - the - whispish , which it may be put into a situation to acquire . Some pleasant anecdotes also occasionally re- lieve the good - humoured egotism of the cheap- est ...
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... idea of " I , great I , the little hero of each tale , " than any other mode that could have been adopted , especially as many intelligent persons were confident I could not write at all , while others kindly attributed to me what I ...
... idea of " I , great I , the little hero of each tale , " than any other mode that could have been adopted , especially as many intelligent persons were confident I could not write at all , while others kindly attributed to me what I ...
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... a small number ; so that when I was prevailed on , by some of my friends , to print a very large impression , I had not the least idea of ever being able to sell the whole ; and of course AND SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS . xxi.
... a small number ; so that when I was prevailed on , by some of my friends , to print a very large impression , I had not the least idea of ever being able to sell the whole ; and of course AND SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS . xxi.
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... idea of the alarm being occasioned by some servant or patient in the house , he immediately sallied forth with a candle in one hand , and a good tough twig in the other , accompanied by two of the men servants of the hospital ...
... idea of the alarm being occasioned by some servant or patient in the house , he immediately sallied forth with a candle in one hand , and a good tough twig in the other , accompanied by two of the men servants of the hospital ...
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... constantly at- tended this place , it was a year or two before I took the least notice of the sermon which was read ; nor had I any idea that I had the least concern in what the minister was ( as it is called ) preaching 50 50 THE LIFE OF.
... constantly at- tended this place , it was a year or two before I took the least notice of the sermon which was read ; nor had I any idea that I had the least concern in what the minister was ( as it is called ) preaching 50 50 THE LIFE OF.
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Страница 220 - Mankind's dishonest; if you think it fair Amongst known cheats to play upon the square, You'll be undone — Nor can weak truth your reputation save: The knaves will all agree to call you knave. Wrong'd shall he live, insulted o'er, opprest, Who dares be less a villain than the rest.
Страница 110 - She never feels the spleen's imagin'd pains, Nor melancholy stagnates in her veins ; She never loses life in thoughtless ease, Nor on the velvet couch invites disease ; Her home-spun dress in simple neatness lies, And for no glaring equipage she sighs : Her reputation, which is all her boast, In a malicious visit ne'er was lost ; No midnight masquerade her beauty wears, And health, not paint, the fading bloom repairs.
Страница 50 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...