The British Essayists: The MirrorLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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... heard a story of an eminent philosopher who was invited to dine and spend the evening with some of the most distinguished men for learning and genius of the age in which he lived . Dinner being over , the conversation took a light and ...
... heard a story of an eminent philosopher who was invited to dine and spend the evening with some of the most distinguished men for learning and genius of the age in which he lived . Dinner being over , the conversation took a light and ...
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... heard my father - in - law mention , ' says Crassus , that his kinsman Lælius , and the great Scipio , were frequently wont to fly from the hurry of business and the bustle of the town to a quiet retreat in the country , and there to ...
... heard my father - in - law mention , ' says Crassus , that his kinsman Lælius , and the great Scipio , were frequently wont to fly from the hurry of business and the bustle of the town to a quiet retreat in the country , and there to ...
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... line of his hedged terraces . As he holds , however , some good old political tenets , and thinks , as I have often heard him express himself , that every country can afford a king for itself , he had almost submitted 26 NO . 61 . MIRROR .
... line of his hedged terraces . As he holds , however , some good old political tenets , and thinks , as I have often heard him express himself , that every country can afford a king for itself , he had almost submitted 26 NO . 61 . MIRROR .
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... discovered . The wives of some of the fugitives had heard , I know not how , that their husbands lay concealed near my father's chateau . They came and searched , and actually discovered the lurking 30 NO . 62 . MIRROR .
... discovered . The wives of some of the fugitives had heard , I know not how , that their husbands lay concealed near my father's chateau . They came and searched , and actually discovered the lurking 30 NO . 62 . MIRROR .
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... heard them , afterwards afforded matter for much serious reflection . " It is wonderful that any one should tell things impossible , with the hope of being credited ; and yet the two personages , whose legends I have re- lated , must ...
... heard them , afterwards afforded matter for much serious reflection . " It is wonderful that any one should tell things impossible , with the hope of being credited ; and yet the two personages , whose legends I have re- lated , must ...
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