The British Essayists
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ISBN13: 9780217066976
Paperback|9780217066976
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: My third inamorato was Mr. Smart, a young attorney, very spruce and very much a coxcomb. As he lived in the neighbourhood, we had a slight acquaintance. One evening he came to my house, stayed supper, and after drinking a glass or two of wine, began a rhapsody of nonsense about flames, darts, killing eyes, wounds, and death. It is enough that I was able to comprehend his meaning; and therefore putting on an air of seriousness and concern, I assured him ' That I was most prodigiously sorry to see him so flustered; I supposed that he had been drinking before he came to my house; for otherwise it was impossible he should be disguised to such a degree. I hoped it was only an accidental thing, and that he would take care not to contract habits so extremely prejudicial to his character and complexion.' He looked so tame and foolish, that for the life of me I could not forbear pursuing my blow; and therefore ordering my servant to light him home, I recommended strongly to him to clear his stomach with a quart or two of warm water before he went to rest; and in the morning I sent a card with compliments and inquiries after his health; hoping he was as well as could be expected after his last night's irregularity. He kept my man two hours, and then returned me the following answer, fairly engrossed upon a clean queen of hearts. ' Mr. Smart's compliments to Mrs. G, and thanks for her kind message. He shall not contend that he is in his sober wits: no, he is proud to own himself drunk with the large draughts of love drawn from her bright eyes.' This I thought was pretty enough; I therefore put the card between the proper pages in my book, and under the commonplace to which it related, wrote, ' Memorandum; a good thing, and may do again with a little variation.' chapter{{S...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217066976 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217066976 |
| Weight | 0.67 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.46 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 202 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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