The British Essayists: The MirrorLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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... learned in life , is that of being able to trifle upon occasion . No character can possibly be more contemptible than that of a talking , empty , giggling fool , who is incapable of fixing his attention upon any thing that is important ...
... learned in life , is that of being able to trifle upon occasion . No character can possibly be more contemptible than that of a talking , empty , giggling fool , who is incapable of fixing his attention upon any thing that is important ...
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... learned ; and I went to a dinner where several of the literati were to be assembled , full of the hopes of having my mind enlightened with knowl- edge , expanded with sentiment , and charmed with the Atticism of elegant conversation ...
... learned ; and I went to a dinner where several of the literati were to be assembled , full of the hopes of having my mind enlightened with knowl- edge , expanded with sentiment , and charmed with the Atticism of elegant conversation ...
الصفحة 63
... learned that she was an only daughter ; that she was now in her twenty - second year ; that her father died when she was a child , leaving her a handsome for- tune , which , being placed in the hands of a relation in the mercantile line ...
... learned that she was an only daughter ; that she was now in her twenty - second year ; that her father died when she was a child , leaving her a handsome for- tune , which , being placed in the hands of a relation in the mercantile line ...
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... learned , by degrees , that the money he re- ceived for the last two years he resided in London , had come from Leonora ; that she had paid all his debts there , and , with the small remains of her for- tune , had purchased an annuity ...
... learned , by degrees , that the money he re- ceived for the last two years he resided in London , had come from Leonora ; that she had paid all his debts there , and , with the small remains of her for- tune , had purchased an annuity ...
الصفحة 109
... learned . " They , being book - learned gentlemen , write in divers tongues , whereby we poor simple men are at a loss , and Europe may be overthrown by com- pacts and associations , or ever we can understand the danger . " Not many ...
... learned . " They , being book - learned gentlemen , write in divers tongues , whereby we poor simple men are at a loss , and Europe may be overthrown by com- pacts and associations , or ever we can understand the danger . " Not many ...
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acquaintance acquired admiration Æsop affections agreeable amidst amusements Antonio appear attended awake battle of Culloden beauty called character circumstances Clare Market companions conduct conversation Daniel Higgs death dinner disposition dreams eclogue elegant Emilia endeavoured engaged entertainment equally fashion father favour FEBRUARY 22 feelings figure-making fortune frequently friends genius gentleman George Manly give happy heard honour hope humour imagination indulge JANUARY 29 learned lived lively colours look Louisa manner MARCH 11 marriage melancholy Melfort ment mind Mirror nature never nonsense verses object obliged observed occasion opinion passions perhaps persons Phædo pleasure possessed received remarkable satire of Juvenal SATURDAY scenes Scotland seemed sensible sentiments sign-post Sir Edward sister situation sleep society soon sort spect spirit taste Tatler thing thought tion town trifling TUESDAY Umphraville uneasiness virtue wife wish write XXIX