The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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Stran 12
... Court , and gives them over to followers she burst into tears and retired . His first compliment to her when he saw her again was , ' Pray , madam , are you as proud and ill - natured now as when I saw you last ? ' To which she answered ...
... Court , and gives them over to followers she burst into tears and retired . His first compliment to her when he saw her again was , ' Pray , madam , are you as proud and ill - natured now as when I saw you last ? ' To which she answered ...
Stran 16
... court , Dublin , on the 30th November , 1667 , is a certain fact , of which no- body will deny the sister island the honour and glory ; but , it seems to me , he was no more an Irishman than a man born of English parents at Calcutta is ...
... court , Dublin , on the 30th November , 1667 , is a certain fact , of which no- body will deny the sister island the honour and glory ; but , it seems to me , he was no more an Irishman than a man born of English parents at Calcutta is ...
Stran 19
... Court crowd . When that grows too hot or too agitated for him , he politely leaves it . He retires to his retreat of Shene or Moor Park ; and lets the King's party , and the Prince of Orange's party battle it out among themselves . He ...
... Court crowd . When that grows too hot or too agitated for him , he politely leaves it . He retires to his retreat of Shene or Moor Park ; and lets the King's party , and the Prince of Orange's party battle it out among themselves . He ...
Stran 20
... court to the Ciceronian majesty ; or walks a minuet with the Epic Muse ; or dallies by the south wall with the ruddy nymph of gardens . Temple seems to have received and exacted a prodigious deal of veneration from his household , and ...
... court to the Ciceronian majesty ; or walks a minuet with the Epic Muse ; or dallies by the south wall with the ruddy nymph of gardens . Temple seems to have received and exacted a prodigious deal of veneration from his household , and ...
Stran 21
... court , a command in the army , a succession to the stewardship , an employment in the revenue ( which two last you cannot obtain without reading and writing ) , or running away with your master's niece or daughter , I directly advise ...
... court , a command in the army , a succession to the stewardship , an employment in the revenue ( which two last you cannot obtain without reading and writing ) , or running away with your master's niece or daughter , I directly advise ...
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