The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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... honest hand of his ; the stout old man puts it into his breast , and moves off from him . ' Would we have liked to live with him ? That is a ques- tion which , in dealing with these people's works , and think- ing of their lives and ...
... honest hand of his ; the stout old man puts it into his breast , and moves off from him . ' Would we have liked to live with him ? That is a ques- tion which , in dealing with these people's works , and think- ing of their lives and ...
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... honest man - he was cautious about his money , but ready . — If you were in a strait , would you like such a benefactor ? I think I would rather have had a potato and a friendly word from Goldsmith , than have been beholden to the Dean ...
... honest man - he was cautious about his money , but ready . — If you were in a strait , would you like such a benefactor ? I think I would rather have had a potato and a friendly word from Goldsmith , than have been beholden to the Dean ...
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... honest . But hav- ing put that cassock on , it poisoned him : he was strangled in his bands . He goes through life , tearing , like a man possessed with a devil . Like Abudah in the Arabian story , he is always looking out for the Fury ...
... honest . But hav- ing put that cassock on , it poisoned him : he was strangled in his bands . He goes through life , tearing , like a man possessed with a devil . Like Abudah in the Arabian story , he is always looking out for the Fury ...
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... honest ! How perfect the image ! Mr. Macaulay has quoted the charming lines of the poet , where the king of the pigmies is measured by the same standard . We have all read in Milton of the spear that was like " the mast of some tall ...
... honest ! How perfect the image ! Mr. Macaulay has quoted the charming lines of the poet , where the king of the pigmies is measured by the same standard . We have all read in Milton of the spear that was like " the mast of some tall ...
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... honest Corydon courts Phillis under the treillage of the pasteboard cottage , and leers at her over the head of grandpapa in red stockings , who is opportunely asleep ; and when seduced by the invitations of the rosy youth she comes ...
... honest Corydon courts Phillis under the treillage of the pasteboard cottage , and leers at her over the head of grandpapa in red stockings , who is opportunely asleep ; and when seduced by the invitations of the rosy youth she comes ...
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