The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 Seiten |
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... doubt his sincerity of religion : about the famous Stella and Vanessa controversy the Doctor does not bear very hardly on Swift . But he could not give the Dean that honest hand of his ; the stout old man puts it into his breast , and ...
... doubt his sincerity of religion : about the famous Stella and Vanessa controversy the Doctor does not bear very hardly on Swift . But he could not give the Dean that honest hand of his ; the stout old man puts it into his breast , and ...
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... doubt the sole reason which induced the Dean to keep the secret of the " Drapier's Letters , " and a hundred humble Christian works of which he was the author . As for the Opposition , the Doctor was for deal- ing severely with them ...
... doubt the sole reason which induced the Dean to keep the secret of the " Drapier's Letters , " and a hundred humble Christian works of which he was the author . As for the Opposition , the Doctor was for deal- ing severely with them ...
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... doubt both must have a share in the good or ill we feel . As men of several languages say the same things in very different words , so in several ages , countries , constitutions of laws and religion , the same thing seems to be meant ...
... doubt both must have a share in the good or ill we feel . As men of several languages say the same things in very different words , so in several ages , countries , constitutions of laws and religion , the same thing seems to be meant ...
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... doubt a southern ramble will prove the best remedy you can take to recover your flesh ; and I do not know , except in one stage , where you can choose a road so suited to your circumstances , as from Dublin hither . You have to Kilkenny ...
... doubt a southern ramble will prove the best remedy you can take to recover your flesh ; and I do not know , except in one stage , where you can choose a road so suited to your circumstances , as from Dublin hither . You have to Kilkenny ...
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... doubt it will equally serve in a ragout . " And , taking up this pretty joke , as his way is , he argues it with perfect gravity and logic . gar- He turns and twists this subject in a score of different ways : he hashes it ; and he ...
... doubt it will equally serve in a ragout . " And , taking up this pretty joke , as his way is , he argues it with perfect gravity and logic . gar- He turns and twists this subject in a score of different ways : he hashes it ; and he ...
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