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Page 77
... character . - He observed , that an attention to his character would damp his fire , and check the flow of his humour ; and that if he went on and hoped to be read , he must not look at his band or cassock . I told him , that an over ...
... character . - He observed , that an attention to his character would damp his fire , and check the flow of his humour ; and that if he went on and hoped to be read , he must not look at his band or cassock . I told him , that an over ...
Page 89
... character - and that not first reported ( to the few who can even understand the hint ) by me - but known before by every chamber - maid and footman within the bills of mortality - but Kunastrokius , you say , was a great man -'tis that ...
... character - and that not first reported ( to the few who can even understand the hint ) by me - but known before by every chamber - maid and footman within the bills of mortality - but Kunastrokius , you say , was a great man -'tis that ...
Page 313
... character foreign to your own , but appeared the artless being nature designed you for . A something in your eyes , and voice , you possess in a degree more persuasive than any woman I ever saw , read , or heard of . But it is that ...
... character foreign to your own , but appeared the artless being nature designed you for . A something in your eyes , and voice , you possess in a degree more persuasive than any woman I ever saw , read , or heard of . But it is that ...
Contents
PLAN OF THE CITY OF YORK | 45 |
Frontispiece | 100 |
STERNE AND DEATH | 266 |
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