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" I do not doubt but England is at present as polite a nation as any in the world; but any man who thinks can easily see, that the affectation of being gay and in fashion has very near eaten up our good sense and our religion. "
Madness the Rage; Or, Memoirs of a Man Without a Name ... - Page 141
by Madness - 1810
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...but England is at present as polite a nation as any in the world ; but any man who thinks, can easily see that the affectation of being gay and in fashion, has very near eaten up our good sense and "- .. " *i '.-w VV..V our religion. Is there any thing so just, as that mode and gallantry should be...
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The Spectator; in Miniature: Being a Collection of the Principal ..., Volume 1

1808 - 306 pages
...a nation as any in the world; hut any man who thinks can easily see, that the affectation of heing gay and in fashion, has very near eaten up our good sense and our religion. Is there any thing so jost, as that mode and gallantry should he huilt upon exerting ourselves in what...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with sketches of the lives of the ...

Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...but England is at present as polite a nation as any in the world ; but any man who thinks can easily see, that the affectation of being gay and in fashion...very near eaten up our good sense and our religion. Is there any thing so just, as that mode and gallantry should be built upon exerting ourselves in what...
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The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, Volume 37

British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...but England is at present as polite a nation as any in the world ; but any man who thinks, can easily see, that the affectation of being gay and in fashion,...very near eaten up our good sense, and our religion. Is there any thing so just as that mode and gallantry should be built upon exerting ourselves in what...
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The Beauties of the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian,

G. Hamonière - 1819 - 388 pages
...nation as any in the world ; but any man who thinks, can easily see, that the affectation of being gny and in fashion, has very near eaten up our good sense and our religion. Is there any tifing so just as that mode and gallantry should be built upon exerting ourselves in what...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 356 pages
...but England is at present as polite a nation as any in the world ; but any man who thinks, can easily see, that the affectation of being gay and in fashion,...very near eaten up our good sense, and our religion. Is there any thing so just as that mode and gallantry should be built upon exerting ourselves in what...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 450 pages
...England is at present as po* lite a nation as any in the world ; but any man who thinks, can easily see, that the affectation of being gay and in fashion,...very near eaten up our good sense, and our religion. Is there any thing so just as that mode and gallantry should b« built upon exerting ourselves in what...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 5-6

British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...but England is at present as polite a nation as any in the world ; but any man who thinks, can easily see, that the affectation of being gay and in fashion...very near eaten up our good sense and our religion. Is there any thing so just, as that mode and gallantry should be built upon exerting ourselves in what...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volume 1

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 310 pages
...but England is at present as polite a nation as any in the world; but any man who thinks can easily see, that the affectation of being gay and in fashion,...very near eaten up our good sense and our religion. Is there any thing so just as that mode and gallantry should be built upon exerting ourselves in what...
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The Rule of Life: Or a Collection of Select Moral Sentences ...

Watson Adams - Conduct of life - 1834 - 290 pages
...admired for the modesty and gravity of his^ We are come to such an extraordinary pitch of politeness, that the affectation of being gay and in fashion, has very near taken from us our good sense, and our religion. Gent. lib. The vain are the most distinguished sons...
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