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Essays on Men and Manners - Page 165
by William Shenstone - 1868 - 340 pages
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The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq;: Essays on men ...

William Shenstone - 1764 - 406 pages
...HAD I a fortune of 8 or 1 0,000 1. a year, t would methinks make myfelf a neighbourhood I would firft build a village with a church, and people it with inhabitants of fome branch of trade that was fuitable to the country round, t Would then at proper diftances ereft...
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Essays on men and manners. A description of the Leasowes, the seat of the ...

William Shenstone - 1765 - 638 pages
...of eight or ten thoufand pounds a year, I would methinks make myfelf a neighbourhood. I would firft build a village with a church, and people it with inhabitants of fome branch of f 4i ESSAYK r> .N CM EN trade that was fuitable to the country round. I would then,...
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The Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone, Esq: In Two Volumes. ...

William Shenstone - 1768 - 362 pages
...of eight or ten thoufand pounds a year, I would methinks make myfelf a neighbourhood. I would fnft build a village with a church, and people it with inhabitants of fome branch of trade •trade that was fuitable to the country round. ^1 would then, at proper diftances,...
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The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture ...

1790 - 926 pages
...pounds a year," faid Mr. Shepfiane, " I would, methinks, make myfelf a neighbourhood. I would firfl build a village with a church, and people it with inhabitants of fome branch of trade fuitable to the country round, i would tlien at proper diftances ereft a number...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ...

1798 - 432 pages
...benevolent writer) " of 8 or lo.oool. a year, I would, methinks, make myfelf a neighbourhood. I would firft build a village, with a church, and people it with inhabitants of feme branch of trade that was fuitable to the country round. I would then, at proper diftances, ereft...
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Essays on Men and Manners, Volume 39

William Shenstone - 1804 - 228 pages
...observe them without a companion to partake. ^or alas ! laughter is by no means a solitary .enternment. Had I a fortune of eight or ten thousand pounds a year, I would mcthinks make myself a neighbourhood. I wouKl first build a village with a church, and people it with...
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Essays on Men and Manners

William Shenstone - 1804 - 218 pages
...without a companion to partake. For alas ! laughter is by no means a solitary entertainment. XXIV. Had I a fortune of eight or ten thousand pounds a...proper distances, erect a number of genteel boxes of abovit a thousand pounds a piece, and amuse myself with giving them all the advantages they could receive...
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The literary miscellany: or, Selections and extracts, classical ..., Volume 9

1812 - 314 pages
...them without a companion to partake. For, alas! laughter is by no means a solitary entertainment. 24. Had I a fortune of eight or ten thousand pounds a...build a village with a church, and people it with inhah. some branch of trade that was suitable to th try round. I would then, at proper distance i a...
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The literary miscellany: or, Selections and extracts, classical ..., Volume 9

1812 - 314 pages
...them without a companion to partake. For, alas! laughter is by no means a solitary entertainment. 24. Had I a fortune of eight or ten thousand pounds a...make myself a neighbourhood. I would first build a vil-«-O-+" lage with a church, and people it with inhabitants of some branch of trade that was suitable...
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The British Prose Writers...: Cowley's essays. Shenstone's essays

1821 - 424 pages
...form a very splendid constellation. The ways of ballad-singers, and the cries of halfpenny pamphlets, appeared so extremely humorous, from my lodgings in...trade that was suitable to the country round : I would ttien, at prop»r distances, erect a number of genteel boxes of about a thousand pounds a-piece, and...
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