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Pagina 82
... never suffered from losses or repairs , tenants , taxes , or law - suits . In short , it is this foolish sanguine temper , this depending upon contingent futurities , that occasions romantic generosity , chimerical grandeur , senseless ...
... never suffered from losses or repairs , tenants , taxes , or law - suits . In short , it is this foolish sanguine temper , this depending upon contingent futurities , that occasions romantic generosity , chimerical grandeur , senseless ...
Pagina 84
... never seen to smile ; but upon hear- ing anything that pleases him , he takes up his staff with both 10 hands , and lays it upon the next piece of timber that stands in his way with exceeding vehemence : after which he com- poses ...
... never seen to smile ; but upon hear- ing anything that pleases him , he takes up his staff with both 10 hands , and lays it upon the next piece of timber that stands in his way with exceeding vehemence : after which he com- poses ...
Pagina 149
... never dressed afterwards , sc . fashionably ; never cared what he wore , whether it was in the fashion or not . 1. 17. doublet , an inner garment which served , so to speak , as a lining or double to the outer one ; F. double , with the ...
... never dressed afterwards , sc . fashionably ; never cared what he wore , whether it was in the fashion or not . 1. 17. doublet , an inner garment which served , so to speak , as a lining or double to the outer one ; F. double , with the ...
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SELECTIONS FROM THE SPECTATOR I The Spectators Account of Himself | 1 |
Of the Club | 5 |
Public Credit a Vision | 11 |
Copyright | |
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