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Pagina 1
... acquire a relish for foreign manners , and a taste for the society of a set of men , with whom neither his station nor his fortune entitle him to associate in the after - part of his life . The following letter on this subject may ...
... acquire a relish for foreign manners , and a taste for the society of a set of men , with whom neither his station nor his fortune entitle him to associate in the after - part of his life . The following letter on this subject may ...
Pagina 3
... acquired a taste in Italy , occupied much of my time ; but , whilst engaged in these favourite pursuits , I did not neglect any opportunity of mingling in society with the natives , and of observing their manners and customs . I lived ...
... acquired a taste in Italy , occupied much of my time ; but , whilst engaged in these favourite pursuits , I did not neglect any opportunity of mingling in society with the natives , and of observing their manners and customs . I lived ...
Pagina 9
... acquired a stronger attachment to the pleasures of a town life , than was either right in itself , or agreeable to that preference for domestic society , and the quiet of a country life , which he had always felt , and which he still ...
... acquired a stronger attachment to the pleasures of a town life , than was either right in itself , or agreeable to that preference for domestic society , and the quiet of a country life , which he had always felt , and which he still ...
Pagina 13
... acquire this complacency of temper , which it always requires much discipline , and often the rod of adversity and disappointment , to subdue . If men truly possess that superiority of understanding over women , which some of them seem ...
... acquire this complacency of temper , which it always requires much discipline , and often the rod of adversity and disappointment , to subdue . If men truly possess that superiority of understanding over women , which some of them seem ...
Pagina 16
... acquired an equal reputation with a flask of good wine . But most opiates serve only as temporary palliatives , and some , while they give immediate relief , are known to increase the disease . I am afraid we must apply to the pleasures ...
... acquired an equal reputation with a flask of good wine . But most opiates serve only as temporary palliatives , and some , while they give immediate relief , are known to increase the disease . I am afraid we must apply to the pleasures ...
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