The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Haddon, 1819 |
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... misfortune of their lives . The first of the following letters may best represent the faults I would now point at ; and the answer to it , the temper of mind in a contrary character . 6 MY DEAR HARRIOT , Ir thou art she , but oh how ...
... misfortune of their lives . The first of the following letters may best represent the faults I would now point at ; and the answer to it , the temper of mind in a contrary character . 6 MY DEAR HARRIOT , Ir thou art she , but oh how ...
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... misfortune , that the mar- riage - state , which in its own nature is adapted to give us the completest happiness this life is capable of , should be so uncomfortable a one to so many as it daily proves . But the mischief generally ...
... misfortune , that the mar- riage - state , which in its own nature is adapted to give us the completest happiness this life is capable of , should be so uncomfortable a one to so many as it daily proves . But the mischief generally ...
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... misfortune , which in my opinion was the greater aggravation of her crime . I being busy wiping off the blood which trickled down my face , had not time to acquaint her with her bar- barity , as also with my resolution , viz . never to ...
... misfortune , which in my opinion was the greater aggravation of her crime . I being busy wiping off the blood which trickled down my face , had not time to acquaint her with her bar- barity , as also with my resolution , viz . never to ...
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... misfortunes , or dis- appointments that befel him ; as a Greek must have had the same regard for Achilles . And it is plain , that each of those poems have lost this great advan- tage , among those readers to whom their heroes are as ...
... misfortunes , or dis- appointments that befel him ; as a Greek must have had the same regard for Achilles . And it is plain , that each of those poems have lost this great advan- tage , among those readers to whom their heroes are as ...
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... misfortune , it does not only raise our pity but our terror ; because we are afraid that the like misfortunes may happen to ourselves , who resemble the character of the suffering person . ' I shall take another opportunity to observe ...
... misfortune , it does not only raise our pity but our terror ; because we are afraid that the like misfortunes may happen to ourselves , who resemble the character of the suffering person . ' I shall take another opportunity to observe ...
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