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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... eftate . As I was not violently inclined towards literature , I foon took the opportunity which this present- ed me of leaving the univerfity , and entering . upon the world . I put myfelf under the tui- tion of one of my companions ...
... eftate . As I was not violently inclined towards literature , I foon took the opportunity which this present- ed me of leaving the univerfity , and entering . upon the world . I put myfelf under the tui- tion of one of my companions ...
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... or the management of my eftate ; but I have general- ly found their counfel , like other friendly ex- ertions , put me out of pocket in the end . Their theories of agriculture failed in my practice of them Their 30 N ° 78- THE MIRROR .
... or the management of my eftate ; but I have general- ly found their counfel , like other friendly ex- ertions , put me out of pocket in the end . Their theories of agriculture failed in my practice of them Their 30 N ° 78- THE MIRROR .
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... eftate of L. 4000 per annum , gave no " anfwer to five charity - letters from the na- " tural children of his deceased relation , and " their mother , who works hard for their " maintenance . " " In the courfe of laft week four poor ...
... eftate of L. 4000 per annum , gave no " anfwer to five charity - letters from the na- " tural children of his deceased relation , and " their mother , who works hard for their " maintenance . " " In the courfe of laft week four poor ...
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... eftate in our neighbourhood ; and I was once obliged to hazard my neck , that I might go out a hunting with a Duke . On the other hand , I was in perfect durance when any improper man had been seen to look at me . I was forced to leave ...
... eftate in our neighbourhood ; and I was once obliged to hazard my neck , that I might go out a hunting with a Duke . On the other hand , I was in perfect durance when any improper man had been seen to look at me . I was forced to leave ...
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... eftate , fometimes frightened with dangers that threat- en to diminish it ; I am vexed with the com- plaints of poor tenants , and plagued with the litigiousness of rich ones . I never open a letter from my fteward in the country ...
... eftate , fometimes frightened with dangers that threat- en to diminish it ; I am vexed with the com- plaints of poor tenants , and plagued with the litigiousness of rich ones . I never open a letter from my fteward in the country ...
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Page 328 - Louisa sat down on a withered stump, leaning her cheek upon her hand. After a little while, the bird was scared from its perch, and flitted from the thicket. Louisa rose from the ground, and burst into tears ! She turned — and beheld Sir Edward. His countenance had much of its former languor ; and when he took her hand, he cast on the earth a melancholy look, and seemed unable to speak his feelings. ' Are you not well, Sir Edward ?' said Louisa, with a voice faint and broken. — ' I am ill indeed,'...
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