The British Essayists: The MirrorLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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... matter which presented itself to my view , as well as from an unhappy infirmity under which I have laboured from my youth , a sort of lethargic disorder , which totally unfits me for reading or writing more than half an hour at a time ...
... matter which presented itself to my view , as well as from an unhappy infirmity under which I have laboured from my youth , a sort of lethargic disorder , which totally unfits me for reading or writing more than half an hour at a time ...
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... matter to obtain a proficiency in the practice of the science ; and of this the advantage is very great . I have the honour to know several very accomplished gentlemen , who , with no other companion than their violin , are able to ...
... matter to obtain a proficiency in the practice of the science ; and of this the advantage is very great . I have the honour to know several very accomplished gentlemen , who , with no other companion than their violin , are able to ...
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... matter for much serious reflection . " It is wonderful that any one should tell things impossible , with the hope of being credited ; and yet the two personages , whose legends I have re- lated , must have entertained that hope ...
... matter for much serious reflection . " It is wonderful that any one should tell things impossible , with the hope of being credited ; and yet the two personages , whose legends I have re- lated , must have entertained that hope ...
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... matter to be admitted to a party of this kind ; I was introduced , at a public place , to a gentleman , who , I was told , was a man of fashion and of the world , and was by him invited to a petit souper , where I understood I should ...
... matter to be admitted to a party of this kind ; I was introduced , at a public place , to a gentleman , who , I was told , was a man of fashion and of the world , and was by him invited to a petit souper , where I understood I should ...
الصفحة 50
... matters , my brother , I am persuaded , would have been very de- sirous to make me more comfortable ; but I had too high a spirit to communicate my wants to him . Besides , I found that the expensive line of life he bad got into , did ...
... matters , my brother , I am persuaded , would have been very de- sirous to make me more comfortable ; but I had too high a spirit to communicate my wants to him . Besides , I found that the expensive line of life he bad got into , did ...
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