The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 - English essays |
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... soon o'ertake his sins , Be stopp'd in vials , or transfix'd with pins ; Or plunged in lakes of bitter washes lie , Or wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye : Gums and pomatums shall his flight restrain , While clogg'd he beats his silken ...
... soon o'ertake his sins , Be stopp'd in vials , or transfix'd with pins ; Or plunged in lakes of bitter washes lie , Or wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye : Gums and pomatums shall his flight restrain , While clogg'd he beats his silken ...
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... soon become too common to confer distinction . In behalf of some among these candidates for fame , the legislature has , indeed , thought fit to in- terpose ; and their achievements are with great solemnity rehearsed and recorded in a ...
... soon become too common to confer distinction . In behalf of some among these candidates for fame , the legislature has , indeed , thought fit to in- terpose ; and their achievements are with great solemnity rehearsed and recorded in a ...
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... soon perceived the advantage of this transfor- mation . My manner had not , indeed , kept pace with my dress ; I was still modest and diffident , temperate , and sober , and consequently still subject to ridicule ; but I was now ...
... soon perceived the advantage of this transfor- mation . My manner had not , indeed , kept pace with my dress ; I was still modest and diffident , temperate , and sober , and consequently still subject to ridicule ; but I was now ...
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... soon found the way into the playhouse , to see the last two acts , and the farce ; here I learned that by breaches of chastity no man was thought to incur either guilt or shame ; but that , on the contrary , they were essentially ...
... soon found the way into the playhouse , to see the last two acts , and the farce ; here I learned that by breaches of chastity no man was thought to incur either guilt or shame ; but that , on the contrary , they were essentially ...
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... soon able to walk home with a bottle and a pint . I had learned a sufficient number of fashion- able toasts , and got by heart several toping and several bawdy songs , some of which I ventured to roar out with a friend hanging on my arm ...
... soon able to walk home with a bottle and a pint . I had learned a sufficient number of fashion- able toasts , and got by heart several toping and several bawdy songs , some of which I ventured to roar out with a friend hanging on my arm ...
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