The Mirror: A Periodical Paper, Pub. at Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780, Volume 3W. Creech, Edinburgh, and W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, London, 1781 |
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Pagina 37
... shall now propose to you my plan . Imprimis , I lay it down as a rule , that men fhall not be judged of by the actions they per- form , but by fuch as they do not perform . Now , Sir , as thofe ufeful chronicles of facts , called news ...
... shall now propose to you my plan . Imprimis , I lay it down as a rule , that men fhall not be judged of by the actions they per- form , but by fuch as they do not perform . Now , Sir , as thofe ufeful chronicles of facts , called news ...
Pagina 64
... shall be able to difcover that the reverfe is true , and that a ftrong fpirit of gratitude has appeared on all occafions where it was due , though , in dif- ferent ages and countries , it has been expreff- ed in a different manner . In ...
... shall be able to difcover that the reverfe is true , and that a ftrong fpirit of gratitude has appeared on all occafions where it was due , though , in dif- ferent ages and countries , it has been expreff- ed in a different manner . In ...
Pagina 120
... shall be thrown upon the wide world without a friend , without money , and with a mind ill calculated to struggle with po- verty and misfortunes . It has occurred to me , that , if you print this letter , and Mr M. chance to fee it , it ...
... shall be thrown upon the wide world without a friend , without money , and with a mind ill calculated to struggle with po- verty and misfortunes . It has occurred to me , that , if you print this letter , and Mr M. chance to fee it , it ...
Pagina 205
... shall mention is Mifs Juliana Winterbottom , a maiden fifter of Mrs Flint . Her original name was Judith ; but , when she arrived at the years of difcre- VOL . III . S tion , tion , the changed it to Juliana , as being N ° 97 . 205 THE ...
... shall mention is Mifs Juliana Winterbottom , a maiden fifter of Mrs Flint . Her original name was Judith ; but , when she arrived at the years of difcre- VOL . III . S tion , tion , the changed it to Juliana , as being N ° 97 . 205 THE ...
Pagina 224
... shall . " know it all to - morrow . " FRIDAY . " You must know , " faid Mrs Flint at breakfast , " that I am affured that Jemmy is 66 very like the Count de Provence , the King " of France's own brother . Now Jemmy is " fitting for his ...
... shall . " know it all to - morrow . " FRIDAY . " You must know , " faid Mrs Flint at breakfast , " that I am affured that Jemmy is 66 very like the Count de Provence , the King " of France's own brother . Now Jemmy is " fitting for his ...
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The Mirror: A Periodical Paper, Pub. at Edinburgh in the Years ..., Volume 2 Volledige weergave - 1781 |
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accompliſhment advertiſement againſt almoſt amidſt amufement becauſe Befides bufinefs caufe cauſe character circumftances compofition confequence confider confiderable converfation correfpondent courfe defire difpofition drefs eftate Emilia faid fame faſhion father fatire fcenes feelings feemed feen fenfibility fentiment ferious fervants ferve feven fhall fhew fhort fhould fifter fince firft firſt fituation Flint fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpirit friends ftill ftory fubject fuch fuffered fure gentleman greateſt happineſs himſelf honour houfe houſe humour inftances intereft itſelf ladies laft laſt leaft lefs look Louifa mafter manners Melfort ment Mifs Juliana mind MIRROR moft moſt muft muſt myſelf natural neceffary obferved occafion paffed paffion perfons pleaſure poffeffed prefent purpoſe racter refidence refpect ſaid ſhe Sir Edward ſpeak ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion town underſtand uſe Venoni vifit virtue whofe wife young
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