The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... imagination , that they formed in it a short morning's dream , which I shall communicate to my reader , rather as the first sketch and outlines of a vision , than as a finished piece . I dreamt that I was admitted into a long , spa ...
... imagination , that they formed in it a short morning's dream , which I shall communicate to my reader , rather as the first sketch and outlines of a vision , than as a finished piece . I dreamt that I was admitted into a long , spa ...
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... imagination nor her health would ever give her to know that she is turned of twenty ; but that in the midst of these pretty softnesses , and airs of delicacy and attraction , she has a tall daughter within a fortnight of fifteen , who ...
... imagination nor her health would ever give her to know that she is turned of twenty ; but that in the midst of these pretty softnesses , and airs of delicacy and attraction , she has a tall daughter within a fortnight of fifteen , who ...
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... imagination as far as possible from what they had long themselves for- got , and ended his discourse with a sly commenda- tion of the doctrine of Platonic love ; at the same time he ran over , with a laughing eye , Crastin's thin legs ...
... imagination as far as possible from what they had long themselves for- got , and ended his discourse with a sly commenda- tion of the doctrine of Platonic love ; at the same time he ran over , with a laughing eye , Crastin's thin legs ...
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... it was whimsically said of a gentleman , that if Varilas had wit , it would be the best wit in the world . It is certain , when a well- corrected lively imagination and good breeding are added to a N ° 100 . 95 SPECTATOR .
... it was whimsically said of a gentleman , that if Varilas had wit , it would be the best wit in the world . It is certain , when a well- corrected lively imagination and good breeding are added to a N ° 100 . 95 SPECTATOR .
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James Ferguson. corrected lively imagination and good breeding are added to a sweet disposition , they qualify it to be one of the greatest blessings , as well as pleasures of life . Men would come into company with ten times the ...
James Ferguson. corrected lively imagination and good breeding are added to a sweet disposition , they qualify it to be one of the greatest blessings , as well as pleasures of life . Men would come into company with ten times the ...
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