that thefe poor people fee the equipage of my lord and lady with the fame indifference that they behold the flight of a bird ; and would as fbon think of grieving at the want of wings as at the want of a carriage. Were you to follow that lord and lady... Memoirs of Modern Philosophers ... - Seite 211von Elizabeth Hamilton - 1801Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...lord and lady with the fame indifference that they behold the flight of a bird ; and would as foon think of grieving at the want of wings as at the want...repining and difcontent was to be found. At night when toffing on their feparate beds of down, they might very probably be heard to envy the found deep of... | |
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...bird j and would ' as soon think of grieving at the want ' of wing? as at the want of a car• riape. Were you to follow that lord ' and lady to their banquet, you • would soon be sensible that it was at ' their luxuriant feast, and not at the ' cottagers supper, the spirit... | |
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...my lord and lady with the same indifference that they behold the flight of a bird; and would as soon think of grieving at the want of wings as at the want of a carriage."25 Yet radicals were inclined to run the analysis the other way, that is to deplore the lofty... | |
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