The English humorists of the eighteenth century. Critical reviews. The second funeral of NapoleonEstes & Lauriat, 1896 |
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... admirable . Had a man come from such a country as Brobdingnag he would have blundered so . But the best stroke of humor , if there be a best in that abounding book , is that where Gulliver , in the unpronounceable country , describes ...
... admirable . Had a man come from such a country as Brobdingnag he would have blundered so . But the best stroke of humor , if there be a best in that abounding book , is that where Gulliver , in the unpronounceable country , describes ...
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William Makepeace Thackeray. Duchess of Marlborough , Marlborough's daughter , had such an admiration of him , that when he died she had an ivory figure made to imitate him , 1 and a large wax doll with gouty feet to be dressed just as ...
William Makepeace Thackeray. Duchess of Marlborough , Marlborough's daughter , had such an admiration of him , that when he died she had an ivory figure made to imitate him , 1 and a large wax doll with gouty feet to be dressed just as ...
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... admirably wiser , wittier , calmer , and more instructed than almost every man with whom he met , how could Addison suffer , desire , admire , feel much ? I may expect a child to admire me for being taller or writing more cleverly than ...
... admirably wiser , wittier , calmer , and more instructed than almost every man with whom he met , how could Addison suffer , desire , admire , feel much ? I may expect a child to admire me for being taller or writing more cleverly than ...
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William Makepeace Thackeray. Dick Steele , the Charterhouse gownboy , contracted such an admiration in the years of his childhood , and retained it faithfully through his life . Through the school and through the world , whithersoever ...
William Makepeace Thackeray. Dick Steele , the Charterhouse gownboy , contracted such an admiration in the years of his childhood , and retained it faithfully through his life . Through the school and through the world , whithersoever ...
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... himself . " - STEELE [ of himself ] : The Theatre . No. 12 , Feb. 1719-20 . 2 " The Funeral " supplies an admirable stroke of humor , - one Is it not a pleasant partnership to remember ? Can't 110 ENGLISH HUMORISTS .
... himself . " - STEELE [ of himself ] : The Theatre . No. 12 , Feb. 1719-20 . 2 " The Funeral " supplies an admirable stroke of humor , - one Is it not a pleasant partnership to remember ? Can't 110 ENGLISH HUMORISTS .
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acquainted Addison admirable artist asked beautiful Beggar's Opera Belle Poule Bolingbroke called Captain character charming coffin Congreve court Cruikshank Dean dear death delightful Dick dinner Dunciad England English eyes face famous fancy father fellow French genius gentleman George Cruikshank give Goldsmith hand happy head heart hero Hogarth honest honor humor humorist Jack Sheppard John Gay Johnson Joseph Addison kind King lady laugh letters live London look Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Treasurer manner married MATTHEW PRIOR moral morning Napoleon nature never night passed person picture pleasure poet poor Pope Pope's pretty Prince de Joinville satire smiling speak Spence's Anecdotes Steele Stella Sterne Street Struldbrugs Swift Tatler tell Temple tender thought Tom and Jerry Tom Jones verses whilst wife woman word write wrote young