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 SWIFT.
... 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 SWIFT.
Stran 9
... 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 house ...
... 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 house ...
Stran 9
... 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 . A2 friend of the great Dean ? I should like to SWIFT . 9.
... 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 . A2 friend of the great Dean ? I should like to SWIFT . 9.
Stran 11
... 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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... told the Secretary he could not pardon him without a fa- vourable report from the Judge ; besides , he was a fiddler , and consequently a rogue , and deserved hanging for something else ; and so he shall swing . " mania - not many ...
... told the Secretary he could not pardon him without a fa- vourable report from the Judge ; besides , he was a fiddler , and consequently a rogue , and deserved hanging for something else ; and so he shall swing . " mania - not many ...
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