The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 |
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Page 112
... hear in what man- ner she designed to employ him . ' You know , ' said the widow , my friend Belinda ; and must often have heard of the jealousy of that impotent wretch her husband . Now it is absolutely neces- sary , for the carrying ...
... hear in what man- ner she designed to employ him . ' You know , ' said the widow , my friend Belinda ; and must often have heard of the jealousy of that impotent wretch her husband . Now it is absolutely neces- sary , for the carrying ...
Page 140
... hear the ac- count , which I am about to give of a club of my own contemporaries , among whom I pass two or three hours every evening . This I look upon as taking my first nap before I go to bed . The truth of it is , I should think ...
... hear the ac- count , which I am about to give of a club of my own contemporaries , among whom I pass two or three hours every evening . This I look upon as taking my first nap before I go to bed . The truth of it is , I should think ...
Page 142
... hear a sermon spoken of , that he might introduce the couplet where a stick ' rhymes to ' ecclesi- astic . ' At my entrance into the room , they were naming a red petticoat and a cloak , by which I found that the Bencher had been ...
... hear a sermon spoken of , that he might introduce the couplet where a stick ' rhymes to ' ecclesi- astic . ' At my entrance into the room , they were naming a red petticoat and a cloak , by which I found that the Bencher had been ...
Page 143
... hear a young man be- gin a story ; and have often observed , that one of a quarter of an hour long in a man of five - and - twenty , gathers circumstances every time he tells it , till it grows into a long Canterbury tale of two hours ...
... hear a young man be- gin a story ; and have often observed , that one of a quarter of an hour long in a man of five - and - twenty , gathers circumstances every time he tells it , till it grows into a long Canterbury tale of two hours ...
Page 150
... hear , Nor stern Ulysses tell without a tear . DRYDEN . SHEER - LANE , FEBRUARY 15 . I WAS awakened very early this morning by the distant crowing of a cock , which I thought had the finest pipe I ever heard . He seemed to me to strain ...
... hear , Nor stern Ulysses tell without a tear . DRYDEN . SHEER - LANE , FEBRUARY 15 . I WAS awakened very early this morning by the distant crowing of a cock , which I thought had the finest pipe I ever heard . He seemed to me to strain ...
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