The British Essayists: ObvserverNichols and Son, 1817 |
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Pàgina 4
... turning over such a mass of heavy materials for the sake of selecting what I hoped would be acceptable in the relation . Though I cannot suppose I am free from error , I can safely say I have asserted nothing without authority ; but it ...
... turning over such a mass of heavy materials for the sake of selecting what I hoped would be acceptable in the relation . Though I cannot suppose I am free from error , I can safely say I have asserted nothing without authority ; but it ...
Pàgina 6
... turn suspects him- self in the fault ; if he only looks wise , all are ex- pecting when the dumb oracle will utter , and in the mean time his silence infects the whole circle ; if the Damper seasons his taciturnity with a shrug of the ...
... turn suspects him- self in the fault ; if he only looks wise , all are ex- pecting when the dumb oracle will utter , and in the mean time his silence infects the whole circle ; if the Damper seasons his taciturnity with a shrug of the ...
Pàgina 16
... turn the gable - ends of barns and cot- tages into castles and temples , and spend a world of plaistering and pains to decorate a pig - stye . They bring to my mind a ridiculous scene , at which I was present the other day : I found a ...
... turn the gable - ends of barns and cot- tages into castles and temples , and spend a world of plaistering and pains to decorate a pig - stye . They bring to my mind a ridiculous scene , at which I was present the other day : I found a ...
Pàgina 29
... turning his discourse upon the breach he had made in her belief , pressed the advantage he had gained with devilish address ; in short , a new antagonist had started up , more formidable to Reason than all the fourteen , from whose ...
... turning his discourse upon the breach he had made in her belief , pressed the advantage he had gained with devilish address ; in short , a new antagonist had started up , more formidable to Reason than all the fourteen , from whose ...
Pàgina 32
... turn my wretched head , and blast the only hope of happi- ness I had in life : These learned ladies , as they would be thought , put me upon studies I was never fitted to , gave me this silly name Calliope , and never ceased inflaming ...
... turn my wretched head , and blast the only hope of happi- ness I had in life : These learned ladies , as they would be thought , put me upon studies I was never fitted to , gave me this silly name Calliope , and never ceased inflaming ...
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