The English humorists of the eighteenth century. Critical reviews. The second funeral of NapoleonEstes & Lauriat, 1896 |
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Stran 35
... the pompous dul- ness , the mean aims , the base successes all these were present to him ; it was with the din of these curses of the world , blasphemies against Heaven , - shrieking in his ears , that he began to write SWIFT . 35.
... the pompous dul- ness , the mean aims , the base successes all these were present to him ; it was with the din of these curses of the world , blasphemies against Heaven , - shrieking in his ears , that he began to write SWIFT . 35.
Stran 36
William Makepeace Thackeray. shrieking in his ears , that he began to write his dread- ful allegory of which the meaning is that man is utterly wicked , desperate , and imbecile , and his pas sions are so monstrous , and his boasted ...
William Makepeace Thackeray. shrieking in his ears , that he began to write his dread- ful allegory of which the meaning is that man is utterly wicked , desperate , and imbecile , and his pas sions are so monstrous , and his boasted ...
Stran 41
... began to grieve at remembering the loss of a child lately dead . A bishop sitting by comforted him — that he should be easy , because the child was gone to heaven . ' ' No , my lord , ' said she ; that is it which most grieves him ...
... began to grieve at remembering the loss of a child lately dead . A bishop sitting by comforted him — that he should be easy , because the child was gone to heaven . ' ' No , my lord , ' said she ; that is it which most grieves him ...
Stran 50
... began at school or college in the regular way , producing panegyrics upon public characters , what were called odes upon public events , battles , sieges , court marriages and deaths , in which the gods of Olympus and the tragic muse ...
... began at school or college in the regular way , producing panegyrics upon public characters , what were called odes upon public events , battles , sieges , court marriages and deaths , in which the gods of Olympus and the tragic muse ...
Stran 55
... began to be the public favorite . She died in 1748 , in the eighty - fifth year of her age . 3 Johnson calls his legacy the " accumulation of attentive parsi- mony , which , " he continues , " though to her ( the Duchess ) super- fluous ...
... began to be the public favorite . She died in 1748 , in the eighty - fifth year of her age . 3 Johnson calls his legacy the " accumulation of attentive parsi- mony , which , " he continues , " though to her ( the Duchess ) super- fluous ...
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