The British Essayists;
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ISBN13: 9780217576499
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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: N 6. SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1785. A Few mornings ago I was agreeably surprised with a very early call from my newly-acquired friend Colonel Caustic. ' 'Tis on a foolish piece of business, ' said he, ' I give you the trouble of this visit. You must know I had an appointment with your friend S to go to the play this evening, which a par- ticular affafr that has come across him will prevent his keeping; and as a man, after making such an arrangement, feels it irksome to be disappointed (at least it is so with an old methodical fellow like me), I have taken the liberty of calling, to ask if you will supply his place: I might have had one or two other conductors; but it is only with certain people I chuse to go to such places. Seeing a play, or indeed any thing else, won't do at my time of life, cither alone, or in company not quite to one's mind, 'Tis like drinking a bottle of claret; the liquor is something; but nine-tenths of the bargain is in the companion with whom one drinks it.' As he spoke this, he gave me his hand with such an air of cordiality ? methought we had been acquainted these forty years;?I took it with equal warmth, and as- sured him, truly, it would give me infinite pleasure to attend him. When we went to the Theatre in the evening, and while I was rending the box list, to determine where we should endeavour to find a place, a Lady of the Colonel's acquaintance happening to come in, begged our acceptance of places in her box. We entered accordingly; and I placed my old friend in a situation where I thought he could most conveniently VOL. xxxVI. command a view both of the company and of the stage. He had never been in our present House before, and allowed, that in size and convenience it exceeded the old one, though he would not grant so much as ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217576499 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217576494 |
| Weight | 0.66 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.45 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 198 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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