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Page 91
I looked at my watch , which goes very well , and found that it was but six o ' clock
; and still thinking it something extraordinary that the sun should rise so early , I
looked into the almanack , where I found it to be the hour given for his rising on ...
I looked at my watch , which goes very well , and found that it was but six o ' clock
; and still thinking it something extraordinary that the sun should rise so early , I
looked into the almanack , where I found it to be the hour given for his rising on ...
Page 93
If it should be said , that people are apt to be obstinately attached to old customs ,
and that it will be difficult to induce them to rise before noon , consequently my
discovery can be of little use : I answer , Nil desperundum . I believe all ...
If it should be said , that people are apt to be obstinately attached to old customs ,
and that it will be difficult to induce them to rise before noon , consequently my
discovery can be of little use : I answer , Nil desperundum . I believe all ...
Page 94
wiil contrive to rise with him ; and , to compel the rest , I would propose the
following regulations : First . Let a tax be laid of a louis per window , on every
window that is provided with shutters to keep out the light of the sun . Second .
Let the ...
wiil contrive to rise with him ; and , to compel the rest , I would propose the
following regulations : First . Let a tax be laid of a louis per window , on every
window that is provided with shutters to keep out the light of the sun . Second .
Let the ...
Page 153
I was only obliged occasionally to halt a little in my course , and resist its progress
, when it appeared that , by following too quick , I lowered the kite too much ; by
doing which occasionally I made it rise again . I have never since that time ...
I was only obliged occasionally to halt a little in my course , and resist its progress
, when it appeared that , by following too quick , I lowered the kite too much ; by
doing which occasionally I made it rise again . I have never since that time ...
Page 108
... may rise again and deliver it . To interrupt another , even in common
conversation , is reckoned highly indecent . How different is this from the conduct
of a polite British house of commons , where scarce a day passes without some
confusion ...
... may rise again and deliver it . To interrupt another , even in common
conversation , is reckoned highly indecent . How different is this from the conduct
of a polite British house of commons , where scarce a day passes without some
confusion ...
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| Title | The British Prose Writers, Volume 19 The British Prose Writers |
| Publisher | J. Sharpe, 1821 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 14 Nov 2006 |
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