The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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... than 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.
... than 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.
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A Series of Lectures William Makepeace Thackeray. scarcely feel more interest about humourous writers than about ... writer professes to awaken and direct your love , your pity , your kindness - your scorn for untruth , pretension ...
A Series of Lectures William Makepeace Thackeray. scarcely feel more interest about humourous writers than about ... writer professes to awaken and direct your love , your pity , your kindness - your scorn for untruth , pretension ...
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A Series of Lectures William Makepeace Thackeray. scarcely feel more interest about humourous writers than about ... writer professes to awaken and direct your love , your pity , your kindness - your scorn for untruth , pretension ...
A Series of Lectures William Makepeace Thackeray. scarcely feel more interest about humourous writers than about ... writer professes to awaken and direct your love , your pity , your kindness - your scorn for untruth , pretension ...
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... writer , the Earl of Orrery . His lordship is said to have striven for literary renown , chiefly that he might make up for the slight passed on him by his father , who left his library away from him . It is to be feared that the ink he ...
... writer , the Earl of Orrery . His lordship is said to have striven for literary renown , chiefly that he might make up for the slight passed on him by his father , who left his library away from him . It is to be feared that the ink he ...
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... writers by subscription who are well versed in all the topics of defamation and have a style and genius levelled to the generality of their readers .. How- ever , the mischiefs of the press were too exorbitant to be cured by such a ...
... writers by subscription who are well versed in all the topics of defamation and have a style and genius levelled to the generality of their readers .. How- ever , the mischiefs of the press were too exorbitant to be cured by such a ...
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