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Stories for the Middle Ranks of Society and Tales for the Common People - Page 91
by Hannah More - 1818
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The Works of Hannah More, in Four Volumes: Including Several ..., Volume 2

Hannah More - Conduct of life - 1803 - 526 pages
...to believe that any thing which was very proper and very necessary, could be so extremely U 2 vulgar vulgar and unbecoming as his daughters were always...with his guest, the following discourse took place. Bragwell. You have a couple of sober, pretty looking girls, Worthy; but I wonder they don't tiff off...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes ..., Volume 17

Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 558 pages
...do any harm. [To Neverotlt] Why, Tom, you are high in the m,ode. Neyerout. Neverout. My lord, it is better to be out of the world than out of the fashion. Ld. Smart. But, Tom, I hear you and miss are always quarrelling: I fear, it is your fault; for I can...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift: Tale of a tub. Battle of the books. Polite ...

Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - English literature - 1814 - 442 pages
...should ever do any harm. [To Neverout.] Why, Tom, you are high in the mode. Necerout. My lord, it is better to be out of the world than out of the fashion. Ld. Smart. But, Tom, I hear you and miss are always quarrelling : I fear, it is your fault ; for I...
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The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters ..., Volume 11

Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 448 pages
...should ever do any harm. [To Neverout.] Why, Tom, you are high in the mode. Neverout. My lord, it is better to be out of the world than out of the fashion. Ld. Smart. But, Tom, I hear you and miss are always quarrelling : I fear, it is your fault ; for I...
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A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste

Martin M'Dermot, Martin MacDermot - Aesthetics - 1823 - 438 pages
...whereas the idea of beauty never enters our head. Our guiding principle in this case is, that "it is better to be out of the world than out of the fashion." It is idle, then, to argue, that we have no fixed principles of beauty, because we adopt so many different...
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The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Volume 1

Hannah More - English literature - 1827 - 542 pages
...been made to вирpose. But it was in vain to speak ; for his daughters constan! Iv stopped his month by a favourite saying of theirs, which equally indicated...with his guest, the following discourse took place : Bragwell. You have a couple of sober, pretty looking girls, Worthy ; but I wonder they don't tiff...
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The Works of Hannah More, Volume 3

Hannah More - Children - 1830 - 560 pages
...say, he saw some neat shelves of good books for the service of the family, and a small medicinechest for the benefit of the poor. Mrs. Worthy and her daughters...with his guest, the following discourse took place. Bragwell. You have a couple of sober pretty looking girls, Worthy; but I wonder they don't tiff off...
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The Works of Hannah More, Volume 3

Hannah More - Children - 1830 - 560 pages
...home, inclined him now still more strongly to suspect that things were not so right there as he bad been made to suppose. But it was in vain to speak...with his guest, the following discourse took place. Bragwell. You have a couple of sober pretty looking girls, Worthy ; but I wonder they don't tiff off...
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The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Volume 1

Hannah More - Bible plays - 1830 - 574 pages
...to suppose. But it was in vain to speak; tor ms daughters constantly stopped his mouth oy afa\ouri;e saying of theirs, which equally indicated affectation...vulgarity, that it was better to be out of the world than uut 01 the fashion. • I -if! 117 Soon after dinner the women went out to can pay for a thing, no...
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The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Volume 1

Hannah More - 1832 - 530 pages
...the poor. Mrs. Worthy and hej daughters had prepared a plain but neat and good dinner. — The tarte gratify the lender mercies of an inquisitor. All...thyself abhorr'd: — Whether Cartouche in forcéis : Bragwell. You have a couple of sober, pretty looking girls, Worthy ; but I wonder they don't tiff...
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