Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Tom 1Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1830 |
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... sure ; and yet appearances give me stronger hopes : for was not the complaisance of a whole evening's attention as much as an author of more importance ought to have expected ? Why then was I desired the next day to give you a second ...
... sure ; and yet appearances give me stronger hopes : for was not the complaisance of a whole evening's attention as much as an author of more importance ought to have expected ? Why then was I desired the next day to give you a second ...
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... sure I could never arrive at . Now the follies I frankly confess , I look upon as in some measure discharged ; while those I conceal are still keeping the account open between me and my con- science . To me the fatigue of being upon a ...
... sure I could never arrive at . Now the follies I frankly confess , I look upon as in some measure discharged ; while those I conceal are still keeping the account open between me and my con- science . To me the fatigue of being upon a ...
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... sure I ought wholly to avoid that imputation , because , if vanity be one of my natural features , the portrait would not be like me without it . In a word , I may palliate and soften as much as I please ; but upon an honest examination ...
... sure I ought wholly to avoid that imputation , because , if vanity be one of my natural features , the portrait would not be like me without it . In a word , I may palliate and soften as much as I please ; but upon an honest examination ...
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... sure it is ; which imputation a generous spirit will always avoid , for the same reason that a man of real honour will never send a challenge to a cripple . The inward wounds that are given by the inconsiderate insults of wit to those ...
... sure it is ; which imputation a generous spirit will always avoid , for the same reason that a man of real honour will never send a challenge to a cripple . The inward wounds that are given by the inconsiderate insults of wit to those ...
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... sure to get through the necessary cares of life , with a train of pleasures at our heels in vain calling after us- to give a constant preference to the business of the day , and yet be able to laugh while we are about it - to make even ...
... sure to get through the necessary cares of life , with a train of pleasures at our heels in vain calling after us- to give a constant preference to the business of the day , and yet be able to laugh while we are about it - to make even ...
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