The Lounger: A Periodical Paper, Volume 2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1787 |
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... perhaps we are not so much to be envied neither , if all were known . Do tell me , Sir , how we fhall manage to be as happy as people suppose our good fortune muft have made us . But perhaps , Sir , it is not the fashion ( as my fifter ...
... perhaps we are not so much to be envied neither , if all were known . Do tell me , Sir , how we fhall manage to be as happy as people suppose our good fortune muft have made us . But perhaps , Sir , it is not the fashion ( as my fifter ...
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... perhaps , on a clofer investigation , we shall be con- vinced , that fuch perfons owed to the mediocrity of their talents , and the defects or weaknesses of their C 2 their character , that elevation which to many has appeared N ° . 39 ...
... perhaps , on a clofer investigation , we shall be con- vinced , that fuch perfons owed to the mediocrity of their talents , and the defects or weaknesses of their C 2 their character , that elevation which to many has appeared N ° . 39 ...
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... perhaps have over - rated the usefulness of science , and the value of intellectual endowments ; my pride of scholarship , therefore , I fhould be willing to o- vercome , fince I find that learning confers fo lit- tle eftimation in the ...
... perhaps have over - rated the usefulness of science , and the value of intellectual endowments ; my pride of scholarship , therefore , I fhould be willing to o- vercome , fince I find that learning confers fo lit- tle eftimation in the ...
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... perhaps melancholy , that feemed to be referved for himfelf , there was an easy chearfulness , and now and then a gaiety , that fpoke to the innocent pleasures of life a lan guage of kindnefs and indulgence . " " Tis the religion of a ...
... perhaps melancholy , that feemed to be referved for himfelf , there was an easy chearfulness , and now and then a gaiety , that fpoke to the innocent pleasures of life a lan guage of kindnefs and indulgence . " " Tis the religion of a ...
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... Perhaps the " Braes of Yarrow , " one of the fineft ballads ever writ ten , may put in a claim to fuperior diftinction . But , even with this exception , I should think our Poet more remarkable for engaging tenderness , than for deep ...
... Perhaps the " Braes of Yarrow , " one of the fineft ballads ever writ ten , may put in a claim to fuperior diftinction . But , even with this exception , I should think our Poet more remarkable for engaging tenderness , than for deep ...
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