The British Essayists;
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ISBN13: 9780217067096
Paperback|9780217067096
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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: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1786. To the Author of the Lounger. ' But indeed I have generally remarked, that people did so only because they could not do better.' So says Colonel Caustic of the manners of certain individuals in his own days, who sometimes, as well as we, transgressed the bounds of strict decorum, and tried to make rudeness pass for raillery, or indecency for wit. I admit the fairness of his judgment in the cases there spoken of; and I heartily wish they were the only instances where we indulge our foibles under false pretences, and absurdly attempt to make a merit of our defeats. But I am afraid there are few kinds of imposition which we are more given to practise on the world, and even on ourselves; and that soo in particulars far more important than those so offensive to the Colonel, though in this I should regret to be understood as meaning that the latter are of little moment. I find, Sir, I am personally too much interested in this subject to speak long of it in general terms. At the same time I have no intention, like some of your correspondents, to give you a history of myself. Suffice it to know, that though by birth a gen- tlewoman, and educated to prospects which I well remember were the envy of my young companions, I was long ago reduced, by the misfortunes of my family, to accept, and even to be thankful for a very humble station; and have lived these many years as the attendant of a lady, who is indeed of the same blood with myself, but whom I now must needs callmy superior. It is with her, as a striking example of the self deception mentioned. that I mean tQ bring you and your readers acquainted; in hope no doubt, at the same time to meet with some spmpathy in my sufferings under her dominion. Not that I would represent my patroness as with- ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217067096 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217067093 |
| Weight | 0.72 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 218 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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