The Works of Henry Mackenzie, Esq, Volume 4J. Ballantyne and Company, 1808 |
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Page 50
... look upon as a sort of pestilential disorder , with which my poor daughters have been infected in the course of this unfortunate visit . This consideration has induced me to treat them hitherto with lenity and indulgence , and try to ...
... look upon as a sort of pestilential disorder , with which my poor daughters have been infected in the course of this unfortunate visit . This consideration has induced me to treat them hitherto with lenity and indulgence , and try to ...
Page 51
... look upon it as nothing terrible or extraordinary ; so , I suppose , in Lon- don , or even your town , Sir , this disease always prevails , and is but little dreaded . But in the country , it will be productive of melancholy effects ...
... look upon it as nothing terrible or extraordinary ; so , I suppose , in Lon- don , or even your town , Sir , this disease always prevails , and is but little dreaded . But in the country , it will be productive of melancholy effects ...
Page 56
... , I am ashamed to look on the date of this letter , and to recollect that of yours . I will not , however , add the sin of hy- pocrisy to my other failings , by in- forming you , as is often done in such cases 56 PAPERS FROM.
... , I am ashamed to look on the date of this letter , and to recollect that of yours . I will not , however , add the sin of hy- pocrisy to my other failings , by in- forming you , as is often done in such cases 56 PAPERS FROM.
Page 59
... , the colours less vivid , than I had seen them before dinner . I continued , however , to look on them - I know not how long ; for I was waked from my very sound nap , at half an hour past six , by Peter asking me THE MIRROR . 59 G4.
... , the colours less vivid , than I had seen them before dinner . I continued , however , to look on them - I know not how long ; for I was waked from my very sound nap , at half an hour past six , by Peter asking me THE MIRROR . 59 G4.
Page 69
... look into our own minds ; all apt to put too high a value on the things of this life . But a man under the impressions I have described , will be led to look into him- self , and will see the vanity of setting his heart upon external ...
... look into our own minds ; all apt to put too high a value on the things of this life . But a man under the impressions I have described , will be led to look into him- self , and will see the vanity of setting his heart upon external ...
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