The British Essayists: TatlerNichols and Son, 1817 |
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... observation . It was then very pleasant to look into the hearts of the whole company ; for the balls of sight are so formed , that one man's eyes are spectacles to another to read his heart with . The most ordinary beholder can take ...
... observation . It was then very pleasant to look into the hearts of the whole company ; for the balls of sight are so formed , that one man's eyes are spectacles to another to read his heart with . The most ordinary beholder can take ...
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... observe , that the poorest and most dispirited blood is most subject to fevers . I look upon a French ragout to be as pernicious to the sto- mach as a glass of spirits ; and when I have seen a young lady swallow all the instigations of ...
... observe , that the poorest and most dispirited blood is most subject to fevers . I look upon a French ragout to be as pernicious to the sto- mach as a glass of spirits ; and when I have seen a young lady swallow all the instigations of ...
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... observing , that she had all of a sudden held up her head higher than ordinary , and taken an air that showed a secret satisfaction in her- self , mixed with a scorn of others . " I did not know , " says my friend , " what to make of ...
... observing , that she had all of a sudden held up her head higher than ordinary , and taken an air that showed a secret satisfaction in her- self , mixed with a scorn of others . " I did not know , " says my friend , " what to make of ...
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... observation that he himself had made of his behaviour , whilst he lay in the wooden horse . " Most of the generals , " says he , " that were with us either wept or trembled : as for your son , I never saw him wipe a tear from his cheeks ...
... observation that he himself had made of his behaviour , whilst he lay in the wooden horse . " Most of the generals , " says he , " that were with us either wept or trembled : as for your son , I never saw him wipe a tear from his cheeks ...
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... observe , that the emptiness of the Drum very much contributes to its noise . The Lute is a character directly opposite to the Drum , that sounds very finely by itself , or in a very : small consort . Its notes are exquisitely sweet ...
... observe , that the emptiness of the Drum very much contributes to its noise . The Lute is a character directly opposite to the Drum , that sounds very finely by itself , or in a very : small consort . Its notes are exquisitely sweet ...
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