The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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... serious , and often very sad . If Humour only meant laughter , you would 1 The anecdote is frequently told of our performer , RICH . scarcely feel more interest about humourous writers than about the LECTURE THE FIRST.
... serious , and often very sad . If Humour only meant laughter , you would 1 The anecdote is frequently told of our performer , RICH . scarcely feel more interest about humourous writers than about the LECTURE THE FIRST.
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... than serious , and often very sad . If Humour only meant laughter , you would The anecdote is frequently told of our performer , RICH . scarcely feel more interest about humourous writers than about the LECTURE THE FIRST SWIFT Page.
... than serious , and often very sad . If Humour only meant laughter , you would The anecdote is frequently told of our performer , RICH . scarcely feel more interest about humourous writers than about the LECTURE THE FIRST SWIFT Page.
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... told by the kindest and most good- natured of men , Scott , who admires but cannot bring him- self to love him , and by stout old Johnson , ' who , forced to Sometimes , during his mental affliction , he continued walking about the ...
... told by the kindest and most good- natured of men , Scott , who admires but cannot bring him- self to love him , and by stout old Johnson , ' who , forced to Sometimes , during his mental affliction , he continued walking about the ...
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... prejudice against Swift ; for I once took the liberty to ask him if Swift had personally offended him , and he told me he had not . " - BoswELL's Tour to the Hebrides . friend of the great Dean ? I should like to A 2 SWIFT .
... prejudice against Swift ; for I once took the liberty to ask him if Swift had personally offended him , and he told me he had not . " - BoswELL's Tour to the Hebrides . friend of the great Dean ? I should like to A 2 SWIFT .
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... told by Mrs. Pilkington , is well attest- ed , bears , that the last time he was in London he went to dine with the Earl of Burlington , who was but newly married . The Earl , it is supposed , being willing to have a little diversion ...
... told by Mrs. Pilkington , is well attest- ed , bears , that the last time he was in London he went to dine with the Earl of Burlington , who was but newly married . The Earl , it is supposed , being willing to have a little diversion ...
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