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Page 347
... expected to touch for a bank bill at least ; so folding up my verses in gilt paper , I gave my last half crown to a genteel servant to be the bearer . My letter was safely conveyed to his grace , and the servant after four hours absence ...
... expected to touch for a bank bill at least ; so folding up my verses in gilt paper , I gave my last half crown to a genteel servant to be the bearer . My letter was safely conveyed to his grace , and the servant after four hours absence ...
Page 401
... expected our entertainment would resemble those sentimental banquets so finely described by Xenophon and Plato ; I was hoping some Socrates would be brought in from the door , in order to harangue upon divine love ; but as for eating ...
... expected our entertainment would resemble those sentimental banquets so finely described by Xenophon and Plato ; I was hoping some Socrates would be brought in from the door , in order to harangue upon divine love ; but as for eating ...
Page 722
... expected to find a woman with all the faults of conscious flattered beauty . I expected to find her vain and insolent . But every day has since taught me that it is possible to possess sense without pride , and beauty without ...
... expected to find a woman with all the faults of conscious flattered beauty . I expected to find her vain and insolent . But every day has since taught me that it is possible to possess sense without pride , and beauty without ...
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Fresh mortifications or a demonstration that | 80 |
The Family use art which is opposed with still | 91 |
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