The English humorists of the eighteenth century. Critical reviews. The second funeral of NapoleonEstes & Lauriat, 1896 |
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... written a most interesting volume on the closing years of Swift's life , calls Johnson " the most malig- nant of his biographers : " it is not easy for an Eng- lish critic to please Irishmen - perhaps to try and please them . And yet ...
... written a most interesting volume on the closing years of Swift's life , calls Johnson " the most malig- nant of his biographers : " it is not easy for an Eng- lish critic to please Irishmen - perhaps to try and please them . And yet ...
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... written a foul epigram about you - watched for you in a sewer , and come out to assail you with a coward's blow and a dirty bludgeon . If you had been a lord with a blue ribbon , who flattered his vanity , or could help his ambition ...
... written a foul epigram about you - watched for you in a sewer , and come out to assail you with a coward's blow and a dirty bludgeon . If you had been a lord with a blue ribbon , who flattered his vanity , or could help his ambition ...
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... writing at Temple's table , or following his patron's walk , that he saw and heard the men who had governed the great world - measured himself with them , looking up from his silent corner , gauged their brains , weighed their wits ...
... writing at Temple's table , or following his patron's walk , that he saw and heard the men who had governed the great world - measured himself with them , looking up from his silent corner , gauged their brains , weighed their wits ...
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... writing ) , or running away with your master's niece or daughter , I directly advise you to go upon the road , which is the only post of honor left you : there you will meet many of your old comrades , and live a short life and a merry ...
... writing ) , or running away with your master's niece or daughter , I directly advise you to go upon the road , which is the only post of honor left you : there you will meet many of your old comrades , and live a short life and a merry ...
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... written by the best author of Newgate some of your kind wenches will provide you with a hol land shirt and white cap , crowned with a crimson or black ribbon : take leave cheerfully of all your friends in Newgate : mount the cart with ...
... written by the best author of Newgate some of your kind wenches will provide you with a hol land shirt and white cap , crowned with a crimson or black ribbon : take leave cheerfully of all your friends in Newgate : mount the cart with ...
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