The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Critical Reviews. The Second Funeral of NapoleonKnight & Millet, 1901 - 418 páginas |
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... took orders in Dublin . But he threw up the small Irish preferment which he got and returned to Temple , in whose family he remained until Sir William's death in 1699. His hopes of ad- vancement in England failing , Swift returned to ...
... took orders in Dublin . But he threw up the small Irish preferment which he got and returned to Temple , in whose family he remained until Sir William's death in 1699. His hopes of ad- vancement in England failing , Swift returned to ...
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... took out his gold watch , and telling the time of day , complained that it A gentleman said he was too fast . was very late . ' How can I help it , ' says the Doctor , if the cour- tiers give me a watch that won't go right ? ' Then he ...
... took out his gold watch , and telling the time of day , complained that it A gentleman said he was too fast . was very late . ' How can I help it , ' says the Doctor , if the cour- tiers give me a watch that won't go right ? ' Then he ...
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... took water to Billingsgate , ex- changing compliments with the bargemen as they went down the river . At Billingsgate , Hogarth made a " caracatura " of a facetious porter , called the Duke of Puddledock , who agreeably entertained the ...
... took water to Billingsgate , ex- changing compliments with the bargemen as they went down the river . At Billingsgate , Hogarth made a " caracatura " of a facetious porter , called the Duke of Puddledock , who agreeably entertained the ...
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