Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volumen3H. Colburn, 1825 - 353 páginas |
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... reader , very cavalierly , that if any objections be made to the sordid duplicity which he advises , he rests his whole defence upon the title of his book , which he has called the art of ma- king a good marriage . Without farther ...
... reader , very cavalierly , that if any objections be made to the sordid duplicity which he advises , he rests his whole defence upon the title of his book , which he has called the art of ma- king a good marriage . Without farther ...
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... hibited by law from sullying by their abortions the noble and superb theatre of propagation , our author reminds his readers that the wedding - day is like the day of judgment , when poor mortals must be ex- 4 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
... hibited by law from sullying by their abortions the noble and superb theatre of propagation , our author reminds his readers that the wedding - day is like the day of judgment , when poor mortals must be ex- 4 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
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... readers , had he never given more objectionable advice . Upon the subject of education , he disserteth after the following fashion : " In bestowing a brilliant education upon a girl whose whole fortune consists in the pride of her ...
... readers , had he never given more objectionable advice . Upon the subject of education , he disserteth after the following fashion : " In bestowing a brilliant education upon a girl whose whole fortune consists in the pride of her ...
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... reader , even in France , will accuse him upon the first line , or acquit him upon the second . FIRST LETTER TO THE ROYAL LITERARY SOCIETY . " Our court shall be a little academy . " - SHAKSPEARE . " Doctor , I want you to mend my ...
... reader , even in France , will accuse him upon the first line , or acquit him upon the second . FIRST LETTER TO THE ROYAL LITERARY SOCIETY . " Our court shall be a little academy . " - SHAKSPEARE . " Doctor , I want you to mend my ...
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... reader , whether the profession did not at this busy period , when there was an absolute contention for their favours , conduct themselves in their high calling with an indefatigable alertness and suavity , shooting like meteors from ...
... reader , whether the profession did not at this busy period , when there was an absolute contention for their favours , conduct themselves in their high calling with an indefatigable alertness and suavity , shooting like meteors from ...
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