A History of the Earth, and Animated NatureWilliam Sprent, 1854 - 998 strani |
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Stran 45
... Scarce had the " Vicar of Wakefield " made its ap- pearance and been received with acclamation , than its author was subjected to one of the usual penalties that attend success . He was attacked in the newspapers . In one of the ...
... Scarce had the " Vicar of Wakefield " made its ap- pearance and been received with acclamation , than its author was subjected to one of the usual penalties that attend success . He was attacked in the newspapers . In one of the ...
Stran 51
... scarce taking the pipe ** out of his mouth . " I don't see the effect of your re- proof , " whispered Glover . " I give it up , " replied Gold- smith , with a good - humoured shrug ; " I ought to have known before now there is no ...
... scarce taking the pipe ** out of his mouth . " I don't see the effect of your re- proof , " whispered Glover . " I give it up , " replied Gold- smith , with a good - humoured shrug ; " I ought to have known before now there is no ...
Stran 63
... Scarce had the author got into the second act of his play , when Hiffernan began to nod , and at length snored outright . Bickerstaff was embarrassed , but continued to read in a more elevated tone . The louder he read the louder ...
... Scarce had the author got into the second act of his play , when Hiffernan began to nod , and at length snored outright . Bickerstaff was embarrassed , but continued to read in a more elevated tone . The louder he read the louder ...
Stran 79
... scarce eat it ; and , though we pay two good shillings a - head for our dinner , I find it all so tough that I have spent less time with my knife than my picktooth . I said this as a good thing at the table , but it was not understood ...
... scarce eat it ; and , though we pay two good shillings a - head for our dinner , I find it all so tough that I have spent less time with my knife than my picktooth . I said this as a good thing at the table , but it was not understood ...
Stran 81
... scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating : I had thought in my chambers to place it in view , To be shown to my friends as a piece of " vertu " As in some Irish houses where things are so - so , One gammon of ...
... scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating : I had thought in my chambers to place it in view , To be shown to my friends as a piece of " vertu " As in some Irish houses where things are so - so , One gammon of ...
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amusement animal appear Ballymahon beautiful become beginning Bennet Langton bezoar birds body Boswell breed Buffon called carnivorous cassowary CHAP chiefly climate colour considered continue covered creature ears earth elephant enemy extremely eyes fallow deer feathers feet female flesh forest former friends furnished give Goldsmith Greenland Guinea hair head horns horse hyæna inches inhabitants insects Johnson kind known Lapland legs length less lion live mankind manner motion mountains mouth native Nature never observed OLIVER GOLDSMITH ostrich pangolin peculiar perceived prey produced proportion pursue quadrupeds quantity rabbit resembles rest rhinoceros rivers round savage says scarce seems seen seldom Senegal short side Sir Joshua Reynolds skin sometimes species stag strength substance supposed surface swiftness tail teeth thick tion trees usually variety vegetables Vicar of Wakefield whole wild wind young