The Lounger: A Periodical Paper, Volume 2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1787 |
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... myself with till he should come in . In my character of Lounger , I have learned never to put back a book , becaufe its fubject promifes to be a dull one . Though this was a law folio , therefore , I fat down contentedly to perufe it ...
... myself with till he should come in . In my character of Lounger , I have learned never to put back a book , becaufe its fubject promifes to be a dull one . Though this was a law folio , therefore , I fat down contentedly to perufe it ...
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... myself on this happy opportunity of inftruction and entertain- ment , and fat down on one of the benches , to hear with attention the different caufes that fhould be argued . The first perfon who came to the bar was a man of rather an ...
... myself on this happy opportunity of inftruction and entertain- ment , and fat down on one of the benches , to hear with attention the different caufes that fhould be argued . The first perfon who came to the bar was a man of rather an ...
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... myself to every branch of learning which their circumftances , rather narrow ones , could fet within my reach . As I was intended for the church , I received an academical education fuited to that profeffion ; and acquired , befides a ...
... myself to every branch of learning which their circumftances , rather narrow ones , could fet within my reach . As I was intended for the church , I received an academical education fuited to that profeffion ; and acquired , befides a ...
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... myself I was endowed , and the knowledge I had been at fuch pains to at- tain . felt When I arrived at the Baronet's , I found him and his Lady a good deal disappointed with my appearance and address , which I now first per- ceived to ...
... myself I was endowed , and the knowledge I had been at fuch pains to at- tain . felt When I arrived at the Baronet's , I found him and his Lady a good deal disappointed with my appearance and address , which I now first per- ceived to ...
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... myself betrayed ! I deem'd , but ah ! I deem'd in vain , From the dear image to refrain , & c . He makes another effort , but with equal fuc- eefs ; he makes another , and another ; he will exalt his mind by acts of devotion , or plunge ...
... myself betrayed ! I deem'd , but ah ! I deem'd in vain , From the dear image to refrain , & c . He makes another effort , but with equal fuc- eefs ; he makes another , and another ; he will exalt his mind by acts of devotion , or plunge ...
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accompliſhed acquaintance affift againſt almoſt amidſt amufement amuſement attention becauſe befides beſt buſineſs character circumftances Comedy confefs confequence confiderable converfation courſe daughter diffipated diſplay diſtinguiſhed drefs Dumplin eafily faid fame faſhion feeling feems feen felf fentiment fervants fhall fhould fifter fince firft firſt fituation fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpecies fpirit ftill fubject fuch fuperior fure gentleman give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf houfe houſe huſband intereft Lady laft laſt leaſt lefs Lounger mafter manner marriage married ment Mifs mind moft moſt mother muft muſt myſelf neceffary obferved occafion paffed paffion perfons Petitioner pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent purpoſe racter reafon refpectable repreſent rich baker SATURDAY ſcene ſhe ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtage ſtate ſtill thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion town underſtanding uſed vifit virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſh worfe
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