The Sir Roger de Coverley PapersAmerican Book Company, 1904 - 258 |
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... heard on the lips of fine ladies in places of public resort ; while Swift's Polite Conversation affords con- vincing proof of how vapid and how gross the talk might be at the ridotto or over the card table . Yet if society at this time ...
... heard on the lips of fine ladies in places of public resort ; while Swift's Polite Conversation affords con- vincing proof of how vapid and how gross the talk might be at the ridotto or over the card table . Yet if society at this time ...
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... heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity : and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the ful- ness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing , and to print myself out , if possible , before I die ...
... heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity : and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the ful- ness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing , and to print myself out , if possible , before I die ...
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... heard him prove that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valour , and 20 that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , " A penny saved is a ...
... heard him prove that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valour , and 20 that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , " A penny saved is a ...
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... heard him often lament that in a profession 15 where merit is placed in so conspicuous a view , impu- dence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose I never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly ...
... heard him often lament that in a profession 15 where merit is placed in so conspicuous a view , impu- dence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose I never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly ...
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... heard them praised , or because she had seen the authors of them . Among several that I exam- ined , I very well remember these that follow : Ogilby's Virgil . Dryden's Juvenal . Cassandra . Cleopatra . Astraea . Sir Isaac Newton's ...
... heard them praised , or because she had seen the authors of them . Among several that I exam- ined , I very well remember these that follow : Ogilby's Virgil . Dryden's Juvenal . Cassandra . Cleopatra . Astraea . Sir Isaac Newton's ...
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