The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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Stran 109
... Tender Husband , " his second play , in which there is some delightful farcical writing , and of which he fondly owned in after - life , and when Addison was no more , that there were " many applauded strokes " from Addison's beloved ...
... Tender Husband , " his second play , in which there is some delightful farcical writing , and of which he fondly owned in after - life , and when Addison was no more , that there were " many applauded strokes " from Addison's beloved ...
Stran 112
... tender years . The pleas- ure I used to take in telling my boy stories of battles , and asking my girl questions about the disposal of her baby , and the gossipping of it , is turned into inward re- flection and melancholy . ' " He ...
... tender years . The pleas- ure I used to take in telling my boy stories of battles , and asking my girl questions about the disposal of her baby , and the gossipping of it , is turned into inward re- flection and melancholy . ' " He ...
Stran 116
... tender , and more than once speaks in apology of what he calls his softness . He would have been nothing without that delightful weak- ness . It is that which gives his works their worth and his style its charm . It , like his life , is ...
... tender , and more than once speaks in apology of what he calls his softness . He would have been nothing without that delightful weak- ness . It is that which gives his works their worth and his style its charm . It , like his life , is ...
Stran 117
... tender innocent hours , and beseech the author of love to bless the rites he has ordained — and mingle with our happiness a just sense of our transient condition , and a resignation to His will , which only can regulate our minds to a ...
... tender innocent hours , and beseech the author of love to bless the rites he has ordained — and mingle with our happiness a just sense of our transient condition , and a resignation to His will , which only can regulate our minds to a ...
Stran 125
... tender young lady in the boxes . He has a relish for beauty and goodness wherever he meets it . He admired Shakspeare affectionately , and more than any man of his time ; and , according to his generous expansive nature , called upon ...
... tender young lady in the boxes . He has a relish for beauty and goodness wherever he meets it . He admired Shakspeare affectionately , and more than any man of his time ; and , according to his generous expansive nature , called upon ...
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