The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... wife , who expected a son and a husband , with all the tenderness and ardour of conjugal and parental affection ! who had long regretted his absence , who had anticipated the joy of his return , and were im- patient to put into his arms ...
... wife , who expected a son and a husband , with all the tenderness and ardour of conjugal and parental affection ! who had long regretted his absence , who had anticipated the joy of his return , and were im- patient to put into his arms ...
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... wife , with whom he mingled tears in the parting embrace , and who longed with fond solicitude for his return ; or , perhaps , some infant whom his labour was to feed , and his vigilance protect ; will see that Alexander was more the ...
... wife , with whom he mingled tears in the parting embrace , and who longed with fond solicitude for his return ; or , perhaps , some infant whom his labour was to feed , and his vigilance protect ; will see that Alexander was more the ...
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... wife , or seduces a daughter to prostitution ; we may still consider him in such circumstances as will incline us to fulfil the precept , and to regard him without the rancour of hatred or the fury of re- venge . Every character ...
... wife , or seduces a daughter to prostitution ; we may still consider him in such circumstances as will incline us to fulfil the precept , and to regard him without the rancour of hatred or the fury of re- venge . Every character ...
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... wife in terror for her husband , or a mother for her son ; and please himself with reflecting , that by his abilities and address some addition is made to the miseries of life . There is , I think , an ancient law in Scotland , by which ...
... wife in terror for her husband , or a mother for her son ; and please himself with reflecting , that by his abilities and address some addition is made to the miseries of life . There is , I think , an ancient law in Scotland , by which ...
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... wife . They continued in the country till the beginning of Octo- ber , and then came up to London , having prevailed upon her aunt to accompany them , that Miss Mea- dows , with whom the bride had contracted an inti- mate friendship ...
... wife . They continued in the country till the beginning of Octo- ber , and then came up to London , having prevailed upon her aunt to accompany them , that Miss Mea- dows , with whom the bride had contracted an inti- mate friendship ...
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Página 126 - ... with some other prey. But this is only one of the innumerable artifices practised in the universal conspiracy of mankind against themselves ; every age and every condition indulges some darling fallacy ; every man amuses himself with projects which he knows to be improbable, and which, therefore, he resolves to pursue without daring to examine them. Whatever any man ardently desires, he very readily believes that he shall some time attain : he whose intemperance has overwhelmed him with diseases,...