The British Essayists: TatlerNichols and Son, 1817 |
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... me more pleased and vain than all that pomp and luxury can bestow . For it is my maxim , That " he keeps the greatest table who has the most valuable company at it . ” No 149. THURSDAY , MARCH 23 , 1709-10 . From 20 No 148 . TATLER .
... me more pleased and vain than all that pomp and luxury can bestow . For it is my maxim , That " he keeps the greatest table who has the most valuable company at it . ” No 149. THURSDAY , MARCH 23 , 1709-10 . From 20 No 148 . TATLER .
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... greatest that can happen in human life ; and I know but one consolation in it , if that be a consola- tion , that the calamity is a pretty general one . There is nothing so common as for men to enter into marriage , without so much as ...
... greatest that can happen in human life ; and I know but one consolation in it , if that be a consola- tion , that the calamity is a pretty general one . There is nothing so common as for men to enter into marriage , without so much as ...
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... greatest , but the most learned man in the whole Roman empire . At the same time , I am very much ashamed , that on such occasions I am obliged to have recourse to heathen authors ; and shall appeal to my readers , if they would not ...
... greatest , but the most learned man in the whole Roman empire . At the same time , I am very much ashamed , that on such occasions I am obliged to have recourse to heathen authors ; and shall appeal to my readers , if they would not ...
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... greatest anxiety ; for contradiction being a thing wholly unusual between a new - married couple , the smallest instance of it is taken for the highest injury ; and it very seldom happens , that the man is slow enough in assuming the ...
... greatest anxiety ; for contradiction being a thing wholly unusual between a new - married couple , the smallest instance of it is taken for the highest injury ; and it very seldom happens , that the man is slow enough in assuming the ...
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... greatest philosophers have been , I have several times hinted at , and shall give an account of them from time to time as occasion requires . It may likewise be worth while to consider , what men of the most ex- alted genius and ...
... greatest philosophers have been , I have several times hinted at , and shall give an account of them from time to time as occasion requires . It may likewise be worth while to consider , what men of the most ex- alted genius and ...
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