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... preservation of these multitudinous writings , convinces me she had a high . opinion of their intrinsic worth , and as to their being preserved merely for the perusal of private friends , I con- fess this appears a very fastidious dis ...
... preservation of these multitudinous writings , convinces me she had a high . opinion of their intrinsic worth , and as to their being preserved merely for the perusal of private friends , I con- fess this appears a very fastidious dis ...
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... preserved in these compo- sitions , that not only are reputations murdered with impunity , but all ties , though looking at the same magic lanthorn , see the caricature of their neighbours , without any one of them perceiving his own ...
... preserved in these compo- sitions , that not only are reputations murdered with impunity , but all ties , though looking at the same magic lanthorn , see the caricature of their neighbours , without any one of them perceiving his own ...
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... little : pro- bably she had some cogent reasons for the inviolable taciturnity she preserved on that head . Nor did she ever en- tertain us with family anecdotes , which led many to suppose Homespun was only an assumed name 18.
... little : pro- bably she had some cogent reasons for the inviolable taciturnity she preserved on that head . Nor did she ever en- tertain us with family anecdotes , which led many to suppose Homespun was only an assumed name 18.
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... preserve him from those violent at- tacks of wealth and beauty which are so generally irresistible . Certain it is , Co- lonel Mandeville was suffered to ac- quire a sort of a misanthropic opinion of the ladies , till , on the death of ...
... preserve him from those violent at- tacks of wealth and beauty which are so generally irresistible . Certain it is , Co- lonel Mandeville was suffered to ac- quire a sort of a misanthropic opinion of the ladies , till , on the death of ...
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... preserved the life of his officer at the imminent peril of his own . Nor was this the only action in which the young earl had evinced his prowess and magnanimity . At least the gratitude and affection of Sir Wal- ter transformed him ...
... preserved the life of his officer at the imminent peril of his own . Nor was this the only action in which the young earl had evinced his prowess and magnanimity . At least the gratitude and affection of Sir Wal- ter transformed him ...
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Página 239 - Alas ! from the day that we met, What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain : The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.