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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... ment , 81. Diftrefes of an heiress ; in a letter from OLIVIA , 82. On fign - posts , as the reward of public merit and criterion of national fuc- cess , 83. Enquiry into the causes of the scarcity of humorous writers in Scotland , 84 ...
... ment , 81. Diftrefes of an heiress ; in a letter from OLIVIA , 82. On fign - posts , as the reward of public merit and criterion of national fuc- cess , 83. Enquiry into the causes of the scarcity of humorous writers in Scotland , 84 ...
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... ment , they contrived to put a decent face up- on it , and fell into fewer improprieties than could have been expected . A drawing - room , however , was not their element ; and , after fwallowing a little coffee , they withdrew , lea ...
... ment , they contrived to put a decent face up- on it , and fell into fewer improprieties than could have been expected . A drawing - room , however , was not their element ; and , after fwallowing a little coffee , they withdrew , lea ...
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... ment from the poffeffion is increased . To account for this appearance in our na- ture , it may be obferved , that nothing is fo apt to make an object figure in the imagina- tion , as to have our attention long and ear- neftly fixed ...
... ment from the poffeffion is increased . To account for this appearance in our na- ture , it may be obferved , that nothing is fo apt to make an object figure in the imagina- tion , as to have our attention long and ear- neftly fixed ...
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... , and the inven tion of incident , that an author now - a - days can only give new form , not matter , to his argument ; a new turn , not thought , to his epigram ; epigram ; new attitudes , not object , to his ment,
... , and the inven tion of incident , that an author now - a - days can only give new form , not matter , to his argument ; a new turn , not thought , to his epigram ; epigram ; new attitudes , not object , to his ment,
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... ment , which is now lying before me ; but , with the most extraordinary force of original difcovery , has informed us , that , in his treat- ment of thofe diforders , there is no evil , no pain , but , on the contrary , much pleasure ...
... ment , which is now lying before me ; but , with the most extraordinary force of original difcovery , has informed us , that , in his treat- ment of thofe diforders , there is no evil , no pain , but , on the contrary , much pleasure ...
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