The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 páginas |
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... asking the Dean , whether his uncle Godwin had not given him his education . Swift , who hated that subject ... asked his name . ' Sir , I am Serjeant Bett - es - worth . " 66 and not had the pluck to reply , and gone 10 ENGLISH ...
... asking the Dean , whether his uncle Godwin had not given him his education . Swift , who hated that subject ... asked his name . ' Sir , I am Serjeant Bett - es - worth . " 66 and not had the pluck to reply , and gone 10 ENGLISH ...
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... asked Swift . A guard of volunteers formed themselves to defend the Dean this time . " But , my Hamilton , I will ... asking a favour with distaste , and positively refused . He said ' She should sing , or he would make her . Why , madam ...
... asked Swift . A guard of volunteers formed themselves to defend the Dean this time . " But , my Hamilton , I will ... asking a favour with distaste , and positively refused . He said ' She should sing , or he would make her . Why , madam ...
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... asked . " — SCOTT's Swift , vol . iv . p . 143 . He goes further , in a good - humoured satirical paper , " On Barbarous Denomina- tions in Ireland , " where ( after abusing , as he was wont , the Scotch cadence , as well as expression ) ...
... asked . " — SCOTT's Swift , vol . iv . p . 143 . He goes further , in a good - humoured satirical paper , " On Barbarous Denomina- tions in Ireland , " where ( after abusing , as he was wont , the Scotch cadence , as well as expression ) ...
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... asked to dine with me a few days ago ; for upon my making the same speech to him , he said , he did not understand such usage , and so walked off without his dinner . By the same token , I told the gentleman who recommended him to me ...
... asked to dine with me a few days ago ; for upon my making the same speech to him , he said , he did not understand such usage , and so walked off without his dinner . By the same token , I told the gentleman who recommended him to me ...
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... asking them what kings or great persons they can remember , and then consulting history ; for infallibly the last prince in their mind did not begin his reign after they were fourscore years old . 66 ' They were the most mortifying ...
... asking them what kings or great persons they can remember , and then consulting history ; for infallibly the last prince in their mind did not begin his reign after they were fourscore years old . 66 ' They were the most mortifying ...
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