Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Tom 1Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1830 |
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... mind . And when I have done it , you may reasonably ask me , of what importance can the history of my private life be to the public ? To this indeed I can only make you a ludicrous answer ; which is , that the pub- lic very well knows ...
... mind . And when I have done it , you may reasonably ask me , of what importance can the history of my private life be to the public ? To this indeed I can only make you a ludicrous answer ; which is , that the pub- lic very well knows ...
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... mind ( as in Louis XIV's cabinet you have seen the growing medals of his person from infancy to old age ) but shall likewise include with them the theatrical history of my own time , from my first appear- ance on the stage to my last ...
... mind ( as in Louis XIV's cabinet you have seen the growing medals of his person from infancy to old age ) but shall likewise include with them the theatrical history of my own time , from my first appear- ance on the stage to my last ...
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... mind , my mind is a kingdom to me ! If I can please myself with my own follies , have not I a plentiful provision for life ? If the world thinks me a trifler , I do not desire to break in upon their wisdom ; let them call me any fool ...
... mind , my mind is a kingdom to me ! If I can please myself with my own follies , have not I a plentiful provision for life ? If the world thinks me a trifler , I do not desire to break in upon their wisdom ; let them call me any fool ...
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... mind than to be delighted with the trifling flatteries of a congratulating circle ) will choose to retire , I presume , to enjoy in private the contemplation of his glory ; an amusement , you will say , that well becomes his station ...
... mind than to be delighted with the trifling flatteries of a congratulating circle ) will choose to retire , I presume , to enjoy in private the contemplation of his glory ; an amusement , you will say , that well becomes his station ...
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... mind is the most elevated state of happiness . No , sir ; I am not for setting up gaiety against wisdom , nor for preferring the man of pleasure to the philosopher ; but for showing that the wisest or greatest man is very near an ...
... mind is the most elevated state of happiness . No , sir ; I am not for setting up gaiety against wisdom , nor for preferring the man of pleasure to the philosopher ; but for showing that the wisest or greatest man is very near an ...
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