The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The RamblerE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1811 |
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... RAMBLER . I HAVE lately been called , from a mingled life of business and amusement , to attend the last hours of an old friend : an office which has filled me , if not with melancholy , at least with serious reflections , and turned my ...
... RAMBLER . I HAVE lately been called , from a mingled life of business and amusement , to attend the last hours of an old friend : an office which has filled me , if not with melancholy , at least with serious reflections , and turned my ...
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... . His whole powers were engrossed by the considera- tion of another state ; and all conversation was tedious that had not some tendency to disengage him from human affairs , and open his prospects into 12 No. 54 . RAMBLER .
... . His whole powers were engrossed by the considera- tion of another state ; and all conversation was tedious that had not some tendency to disengage him from human affairs , and open his prospects into 12 No. 54 . RAMBLER .
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... friend is carried to his grave , we at once find excuses for every weakness , and palli- ations of every fault ; we recollect a thousand endearments which before glided off our minds without impression , B 2 No. 54 . 13 RAMBLER .
... friend is carried to his grave , we at once find excuses for every weakness , and palli- ations of every fault ; we recollect a thousand endearments which before glided off our minds without impression , B 2 No. 54 . 13 RAMBLER .
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... RAMBLER . I HAVE been but a little time conversant in the world , yet I have already had frequent opportu- nities of observing the little efficacy of remon- strance and complaint , which , however extorted by oppression , or supported ...
... RAMBLER . I HAVE been but a little time conversant in the world , yet I have already had frequent opportu- nities of observing the little efficacy of remon- strance and complaint , which , however extorted by oppression , or supported ...
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... that it was time to live like the rest of the world ; a powerful argument , which is sel- dom used to a woman without effect . Lady Gid- dy was incessantly relating the occurrences of the town , No. 55 . 17 RAMBLER .
... that it was time to live like the rest of the world ; a powerful argument , which is sel- dom used to a woman without effect . Lady Gid- dy was incessantly relating the occurrences of the town , No. 55 . 17 RAMBLER .
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