The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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... vol . xix . p . 97 ) , he says— " We have had your volume of letters Some of those who highly value you , and a few who know you personally , are grieved to find you make no distinc- tion between the English gentry of this kingdom , and ...
... vol . xix . p . 97 ) , he says— " We have had your volume of letters Some of those who highly value you , and a few who know you personally , are grieved to find you make no distinc- tion between the English gentry of this kingdom , and ...
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... apothecary's son ! ' The ridiculous resemblance , and the suddenness of the question , set us all a - laughing . " -Swift's Works , SCOTT's Ed . vol . ix . 295-6 . the world : and so we cannot tell what her SWIFT . 43.
... apothecary's son ! ' The ridiculous resemblance , and the suddenness of the question , set us all a - laughing . " -Swift's Works , SCOTT's Ed . vol . ix . 295-6 . the world : and so we cannot tell what her SWIFT . 43.
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... vol . i . pp . 246-7 . .. " But Miss Vanhomrigh , irritated at the situation in which she found her- self , determined on bringing to a crisis those expectations of a union with the object J And when she died , and Stella heard that 46 ...
... vol . i . pp . 246-7 . .. " But Miss Vanhomrigh , irritated at the situation in which she found her- self , determined on bringing to a crisis those expectations of a union with the object J And when she died , and Stella heard that 46 ...
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... vol . iii . 1784 . She retired from the stage when Mrs. Oldfield began to be the public favourite . She died in 1748 , in the eighty - fifth year of her age . * Johnson calls his legacy the " accumulation of attentive parsimony , which ...
... vol . iii . 1784 . She retired from the stage when Mrs. Oldfield began to be the public favourite . She died in 1748 , in the eighty - fifth year of her age . * Johnson calls his legacy the " accumulation of attentive parsimony , which ...
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... vol . i . p . 370 . * It was in Surrey - street , Strand ( where he afterwards died ) , that Voltaire vis- ited him , in the decline of his life . The anecdote in the text , relating to his saying that he wished " to be visited on no ...
... vol . i . p . 370 . * It was in Surrey - street , Strand ( where he afterwards died ) , that Voltaire vis- ited him , in the decline of his life . The anecdote in the text , relating to his saying that he wished " to be visited on no ...
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