Select British Classics, Volume 25J. Conrad, 1803 |
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... whole art seems to be resolved into that one motive of speaking , sincerity in the intention . The graceful manner , the apt gesture , and the assumed concern , are impotent helps to persuasion , in com- parisons of the honest ...
... whole art seems to be resolved into that one motive of speaking , sincerity in the intention . The graceful manner , the apt gesture , and the assumed concern , are impotent helps to persuasion , in com- parisons of the honest ...
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... whole performance ; for I must con- fess , that I have naturally so strong a desire of praise , that I cannot bear reproach , though from a piece of timber . As for Punch , who takes all opportunities of bespattering me , I know very ...
... whole performance ; for I must con- fess , that I have naturally so strong a desire of praise , that I cannot bear reproach , though from a piece of timber . As for Punch , who takes all opportunities of bespattering me , I know very ...
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... whole court of judicature with a kind of silken rotunda , in its form not unlike the cu- pola of St. Paul's . I entered upon the whole cause with great satisfaction as I sat under the shadow of it . The counsel for the petticoat was now ...
... whole court of judicature with a kind of silken rotunda , in its form not unlike the cu- pola of St. Paul's . I entered upon the whole cause with great satisfaction as I sat under the shadow of it . The counsel for the petticoat was now ...
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... whole evening . But since in history , events are of a mixed nature , and often happen alike to the worthless and the deserv- ing , insomuch that we frequently see a virtuous man dying in the midst of disappointments and calamities ...
... whole evening . But since in history , events are of a mixed nature , and often happen alike to the worthless and the deserv- ing , insomuch that we frequently see a virtuous man dying in the midst of disappointments and calamities ...
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... whole fraternity , who would be very glad to find " that they are dead for good and all , and would in 66 particular make me rest for ever . " Yours , " JOHN PARTRIDGE . " " P. S. Sir James is just arrived here in good health . ” The ...
... whole fraternity , who would be very glad to find " that they are dead for good and all , and would in 66 particular make me rest for ever . " Yours , " JOHN PARTRIDGE . " " P. S. Sir James is just arrived here in good health . ” The ...
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