The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 páginas |
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... give it the proper name , was ever untractable . The motions of his genius were often irregular . He assumed more the air of a patron than of a friend . He affected rather to dictate than advise . " - ORRERY . " An anecdote which ...
... give it the proper name , was ever untractable . The motions of his genius were often irregular . He assumed more the air of a patron than of a friend . He affected rather to dictate than advise . " - ORRERY . " An anecdote which ...
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... gives them over to followers she burst into tears and retired . His first compliment to her when he saw her again was , ' Pray , madam , are you as proud and ill - natured now as when I saw you last ? ' To which she answered with great ...
... gives them over to followers she burst into tears and retired . His first compliment to her when he saw her again was , ' Pray , madam , are you as proud and ill - natured now as when I saw you last ? ' To which she answered with great ...
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... give even scurrilous language to those who are in the first degrees of honour . This , my lord , among others , is a symptom of the decayed condition of our government , and serves to show how fatally we mistake licentiousness for lib ...
... give even scurrilous language to those who are in the first degrees of honour . This , my lord , among others , is a symptom of the decayed condition of our government , and serves to show how fatally we mistake licentiousness for lib ...
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... give a pretext for his move ? There was a French general the other day who proposed to march into this country and put it to sack and pillage , in revenge for humanity out- raged by our conduct at Copenhagen , -there is always some ...
... give a pretext for his move ? There was a French general the other day who proposed to march into this country and put it to sack and pillage , in revenge for humanity out- raged by our conduct at Copenhagen , -there is always some ...
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... give you some instructions . " The last advice I give you relates to your behaviour when you are going to be hanged ; which , either for robbing your master , for house - breaking , or going upon the highway , or in a drunken quarrel by ...
... give you some instructions . " The last advice I give you relates to your behaviour when you are going to be hanged ; which , either for robbing your master , for house - breaking , or going upon the highway , or in a drunken quarrel by ...
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