The clubs of London [by C. Marsh].H. Colburn, 1828 |
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... persons than ever ; but every body has remarked , that professed literary men are not pleasant or instructive companions when they meet together . A little sprinkling of them infuses an agreeable variety in a party , but , like some ...
... persons than ever ; but every body has remarked , that professed literary men are not pleasant or instructive companions when they meet together . A little sprinkling of them infuses an agreeable variety in a party , but , like some ...
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... person prefers to reserve it for his next Magazine Essay , his New Novel , —or his long promised Treatise on Poli ... persons , to be able to afford their share of the general entertainment . When , however INTRODUCTION . 13.
... person prefers to reserve it for his next Magazine Essay , his New Novel , —or his long promised Treatise on Poli ... persons , to be able to afford their share of the general entertainment . When , however INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... natural character there is not effaced and worn down ; a club , in a provincial city , being frequently a hortus siccus of all the varieties of civilized society . There may be persons of lettered and studious 14 INTRODUCTION .
... natural character there is not effaced and worn down ; a club , in a provincial city , being frequently a hortus siccus of all the varieties of civilized society . There may be persons of lettered and studious 14 INTRODUCTION .
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Charles Marsh. society . There may be persons of lettered and studious habits amongst them , but not in suffi- cient numbers to feel a corporate spirit , or to overlay the native whim and humour of less cultured minds . Since the time of ...
Charles Marsh. society . There may be persons of lettered and studious habits amongst them , but not in suffi- cient numbers to feel a corporate spirit , or to overlay the native whim and humour of less cultured minds . Since the time of ...
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... person who ever became a member without this ceremony was his present Majesty , then Prince of Wales . His Royal Highness entered the club in order to have more frequent intercourse with Mr. Fox ; and , on his first appearance , every ...
... person who ever became a member without this ceremony was his present Majesty , then Prince of Wales . His Royal Highness entered the club in order to have more frequent intercourse with Mr. Fox ; and , on his first appearance , every ...
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