The Idler, Том 2T. Davies in Russel-Street, Covent Garden, 1767 |
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... talk introduced questions about the furniture or ornaments of their houses , which , when she could get no intelligence , fhe was forced to pass flightly over , as things which fhe faw fo often , that fhe never minded them . To all ...
... talk introduced questions about the furniture or ornaments of their houses , which , when she could get no intelligence , fhe was forced to pass flightly over , as things which fhe faw fo often , that fhe never minded them . To all ...
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... and , in refentment of my late affront , offered to prefix his name to my New Book ; he faid , coldly , that he did not understand thofe things ; another thought there were were too many Books ; and another would talk with THE IDLER . 17.
... and , in refentment of my late affront , offered to prefix his name to my New Book ; he faid , coldly , that he did not understand thofe things ; another thought there were were too many Books ; and another would talk with THE IDLER . 17.
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Samuel Johnson. were too many Books ; and another would talk with me when the Races were over . BEING amazed to find a Man of Learning fo indecently flighted , I resolved to indulge the philofophical pride of retirement and inde ...
Samuel Johnson. were too many Books ; and another would talk with me when the Races were over . BEING amazed to find a Man of Learning fo indecently flighted , I resolved to indulge the philofophical pride of retirement and inde ...
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... talk and laughter , at last end in feparation , he never can conceive how it hap- pened , for he looked upon them as a happy couple . If his advice is afked , he never gives any particular direction , because events are uncer- tain ...
... talk and laughter , at last end in feparation , he never can conceive how it hap- pened , for he looked upon them as a happy couple . If his advice is afked , he never gives any particular direction , because events are uncer- tain ...
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... talk himself . - BUT he did not trust so much to natural fa- gacity , as wholly to neglect the help of books . When the Theatres were fhut , he retired to Richmond with a few felect writers , whofe opi- nions he impreffed upon his ...
... talk himself . - BUT he did not trust so much to natural fa- gacity , as wholly to neglect the help of books . When the Theatres were fhut , he retired to Richmond with a few felect writers , whofe opi- nions he impreffed upon his ...
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