The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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Stran 12
... turn into gold ; " and he hears the sound of coaches and six , takes the road like Macheath , and makes society stand and deliver . They are all on their knees before him . Down go my lord bishop's apron , and his Grace's blue riband ...
... turn into gold ; " and he hears the sound of coaches and six , takes the road like Macheath , and makes society stand and deliver . They are all on their knees before him . Down go my lord bishop's apron , and his Grace's blue riband ...
Stran 15
... turn . They are of their nature warlike , predatory , eager for fight , plunder , dominion . ' As fierce a beak and talon as ever struck — as strong a wing as ever beat , belonged to Swift . I am glad , 1 It was his constant practice to ...
... turn . They are of their nature warlike , predatory , eager for fight , plunder , dominion . ' As fierce a beak and talon as ever struck — as strong a wing as ever beat , belonged to Swift . I am glad , 1 It was his constant practice to ...
Stran 27
... turn clergyman , and look out for a seat on the Bench . Gay , the author of the " Beggar's Opera , " - Gay , the wildest of the wits about town - it was this man that Jonathan Swift advised to take orders - to invest in a cassock and ...
... turn clergyman , and look out for a seat on the Bench . Gay , the author of the " Beggar's Opera , " - Gay , the wildest of the wits about town - it was this man that Jonathan Swift advised to take orders - to invest in a cassock and ...
Stran 32
... turns and twists this subject in a score of different ways : he hashes it ; and he serves it up cold ; and he nishes it ; and relishes it always . He describes the little animal as " dropped from its dam , " advising that the mother ...
... turns and twists this subject in a score of different ways : he hashes it ; and he serves it up cold ; and he nishes it ; and relishes it always . He describes the little animal as " dropped from its dam , " advising that the mother ...
Stran 33
... Turning to the first minister , who waited behind him with a white staff near as tall as the mainmast of the " Royal Sovereign , " the king of Brobdignag observes how contemptible a thing human grandeur is , as represented by such a ...
... Turning to the first minister , who waited behind him with a white staff near as tall as the mainmast of the " Royal Sovereign , " the king of Brobdignag observes how contemptible a thing human grandeur is , as represented by such a ...
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