The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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... playing at one - and - thirty with him and his family the other night . He gave us all twelvepence apiece to begin with : it put me in mind of Sir William Tem- ple . " - Ibid . " I thought I saw Jack Temple [ nephew to Sir William ...
... playing at one - and - thirty with him and his family the other night . He gave us all twelvepence apiece to begin with : it put me in mind of Sir William Tem- ple . " - Ibid . " I thought I saw Jack Temple [ nephew to Sir William ...
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... play , the " Old Bachelor , " brought our author to the notice of that great patron of the English muses , Charles Montague Lord Halifax , who being desirous to place so eminent a wit in a state of ease and tranquillity , instantly made ...
... play , the " Old Bachelor , " brought our author to the notice of that great patron of the English muses , Charles Montague Lord Halifax , who being desirous to place so eminent a wit in a state of ease and tranquillity , instantly made ...
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... plays , the favourite of all the town of her day— and the Duchess of Marlborough , Marlborough's daughter , had such an admiration of him , that when he died she had an ivory figure made to imitate him , ' and a large wax doll with ...
... plays , the favourite of all the town of her day— and the Duchess of Marlborough , Marlborough's daughter , had such an admiration of him , that when he died she had an ivory figure made to imitate him , ' and a large wax doll with ...
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... play , is , I believe , not very distant from the real character of Congreve . " - Dramatic Miscella- nies , vol . iii . 1784 . She retired from the stage when Mrs. Oldfield began to be the public favourite . She died in 1748 , in the ...
... play , is , I believe , not very distant from the real character of Congreve . " - Dramatic Miscella- nies , vol . iii . 1784 . She retired from the stage when Mrs. Oldfield began to be the public favourite . She died in 1748 , in the ...
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... plays over before speaking of him ; and my feelings were rather like those , which I dare- say most of us here have had , at Pompeii , looking at Sal- lust's house and the relics of an orgy , a dried wine - jar or two , a charred supper ...
... plays over before speaking of him ; and my feelings were rather like those , which I dare- say most of us here have had , at Pompeii , looking at Sal- lust's house and the relics of an orgy , a dried wine - jar or two , a charred supper ...
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