The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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... wife's illness . Stella died in January , 1728 , and Swift not until 1745 , having passed the last five of the seventy - eight years of his life , with an impaired in- tellect and keepers to watch him.1 You know , of course , that Swift ...
... wife's illness . Stella died in January , 1728 , and Swift not until 1745 , having passed the last five of the seventy - eight years of his life , with an impaired in- tellect and keepers to watch him.1 You know , of course , that Swift ...
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... wife and daughters in the drawing - room , content to take that sort of pay for his tremendous services as a bravo . " In what regiment , pray ? " asked Swift . A guard of volunteers formed themselves to defend the Dean this time . 1 ...
... wife and daughters in the drawing - room , content to take that sort of pay for his tremendous services as a bravo . " In what regiment , pray ? " asked Swift . A guard of volunteers formed themselves to defend the Dean this time . 1 ...
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... wife , the best com- panion of the best of men- " Mild Dorothea , peaceful , wise , and great , Trembling beheld the doubtful hand of fate . " As for Dorinda , his sister- " Those who would grief describe , might come and trace Its ...
... wife , the best com- panion of the best of men- " Mild Dorothea , peaceful , wise , and great , Trembling beheld the doubtful hand of fate . " As for Dorinda , his sister- " Those who would grief describe , might come and trace Its ...
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... wife pass by me to - day in their coach ; but I took no notice of them , I am glad I have wholly shaken off that family . " - S . to S. , Sept. 1710 . came to the antechamber [ at Court ] to wait 24 ENGLISH HUMOURISTS .
... wife pass by me to - day in their coach ; but I took no notice of them , I am glad I have wholly shaken off that family . " - S . to S. , Sept. 1710 . came to the antechamber [ at Court ] to wait 24 ENGLISH HUMOURISTS .
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... wife is allowed to be the best little woman in the world . Her chickens are the fattest , and her ale the best in all the country . Besides , the par- son has a little cellar of his own , of which he keeps the key , where he always has ...
... wife is allowed to be the best little woman in the world . Her chickens are the fattest , and her ale the best in all the country . Besides , the par- son has a little cellar of his own , of which he keeps the key , where he always has ...
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