The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... heart of a gay West Indian , who appeared in all the co- lours which can affect an eye that could not dis- tinguish between being fine and tawdry . This American , in a summer - island suit , was too shining and too gay to be resisted ...
... heart of a gay West Indian , who appeared in all the co- lours which can affect an eye that could not dis- tinguish between being fine and tawdry . This American , in a summer - island suit , was too shining and too gay to be resisted ...
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... hearts are aimed at , are very often the occasions that one part of the face is thus dishonoured , and lies under a kind of disgrace , while the other is so much set off and adorned by the owner ; and that the patches turn to the right ...
... hearts are aimed at , are very often the occasions that one part of the face is thus dishonoured , and lies under a kind of disgrace , while the other is so much set off and adorned by the owner ; and that the patches turn to the right ...
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... heart ; Than where a lifeless pomp of verse appears , And with sonorous trifles charms our ears . FRANCIS . It is the custom of the Mahometans , if they see any printed or written paper upon the ground , to take it up and lay it aside ...
... heart ; Than where a lifeless pomp of verse appears , And with sonorous trifles charms our ears . FRANCIS . It is the custom of the Mahometans , if they see any printed or written paper upon the ground , to take it up and lay it aside ...
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... heart leave a room , before I have thoroughly studied the walls of it , and examined the several printed papers which are usually pasted upon them . The last piece that I met with upon this occasion gave me a most exquisite pleasure ...
... heart leave a room , before I have thoroughly studied the walls of it , and examined the several printed papers which are usually pasted upon them . The last piece that I met with upon this occasion gave me a most exquisite pleasure ...
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... heart - burnings arise in those who wait for their turn to receive kind aspects from those little thrones , which all the com- pany , but these lovers , call the bars . I saw a gen- tleman turn as pale as ashes , because an idol turn ...
... heart - burnings arise in those who wait for their turn to receive kind aspects from those little thrones , which all the com- pany , but these lovers , call the bars . I saw a gen- tleman turn as pale as ashes , because an idol turn ...
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