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" I shrewdly suspect that those non est tanti gentlefolks only depreciate the natural and unaffected pleasure which men like me receive from sights of splendour and sounds of harmony, either because they would seem wiser than their simple neighbours, at... "
Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle - Page 108
1821
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 88

1821 - 676 pages
...sounds of harmony, either because they would seem wiser than their simple neighbours at the expencc of being less happy, or because the mere pleasure...(being unable to detect a peg on which to hang a laugh) sneer coldly at this solemn festival, and are rather disposed to dwell on the expence which attends...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 14

1823 - 784 pages
...men like me receive from eights of splendour and sounds of harmony, either because they would seem wiser than their simple neighbours at the expense...(being unable to detect a peg on which to hang a laugh) sneer coldly at this solemn festival, and are rather disposed to dwell on the expense which attends...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 14

Walter Scott - 1823 - 786 pages
...simple neighbours at the espense of being less happy, or Ьесгви the mere pleasure of the light and sound is connected with associations of a deeper...any, who (being unable to detect a peg on which to hug a laugh) sneer coldly at this solemn festival, and are rather disposed ч dwell on the expense...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 14

Walter Scott - 1823 - 780 pages
...men like me receive from sights of splendour and sounds of harmony, cither because they would seem wiser than their simple neighbours at the expense...or because the mere pleasure of the sight and sound ii connected with associations of a deeper kind, to which they are unwilling to yield themselves. "...
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The Edinburgh annual register, Volume 14

1823 - 792 pages
...men like me receive from sights of splendour and sounds of harmony, either because they would seem wiser than their simple neighbours at the expense...or because the mere pleasure of the sight and sound ii connected with associations of a deeper kind, to which they are unwilling to yield themselves. "...
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The Life and Times of His Late Majesty, George the Fourth: With Anecdotes of ...

George Croly - 1830 - 576 pages
...men like me receive from sights of splendour and sounds of harmony, either because they would seem wiser than their simple neighbours, at the expense...unable to detect a peg on which to hang a laugh,) sneer coldly at this solemn festival, and are rather disposed to dwell on the expense which attends...
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The life and times of ... George the fourth

George Croly - 1830 - 568 pages
...men like me receive from sights of splendour and sounds of harmony, either because they would seem wiser than their simple neighbours. at the expense...connected with associations of a deeper kind; to which they:are unwilling to yield themselves. " Leaving these gentlemen to enjoy their own wisdom, I still...
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Life and Times of His Late Majesty George the Fourth: With Anecdotes of ...

George Croly - 1831 - 422 pages
...men like me receive from sights of splendour and sounds of harmony, either because they would seem wiser than their simple neighbours, at the expense...kind, to which they are unwilling to yield themselves. " But there were better things to reward my pilgrimage than the mere pleasures of the eye and the ear;...
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Life and Times of His Late Majesty George the Fourth: With Anecdotes of ...

George Croly - 1832 - 432 pages
...men like me receive from sights of splendour and sounds of harmony, either because they would seem wiser than their simple neighbours, at the expense...with associations of a deeper kind, to which they -re unwilling to yield themselves, Leaving these gentlemen to enjoy their own wisj I still more pity...
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The Life and Times of "England's Patriot King," William the Fourth: With a ...

John Watkins - 1832 - 800 pages
...men like me receive from sights of splendour, and sounds of harmony, either because they would seem wiser than their simple neighbours, at the expense...pleasure of the sight and sound is connected with association* of a deeper kind, to which they are unwilling to yield themselves. "Leaving these gentlemen...
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