The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 Seiten |
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... 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- erty . All I could do was to take up Hart , the printer , to send him ...
... 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- erty . All I could do was to take up Hart , the printer , to send him ...
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... honour and glory ; but , it seems to me , he was no more an Irishman than a man born of English parents at Calcutta is a Hindoo . ' Gold- smith was an Irishman , and always an Irishman : Steele was an Irishman , and always an Irishman ...
... honour and glory ; but , it seems to me , he was no more an Irishman than a man born of English parents at Calcutta is a Hindoo . ' Gold- smith was an Irishman , and always an Irishman : Steele was an Irishman , and always an Irishman ...
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... honour's errands . ' It was here , as he was writing at Temple's table , or follow- ing his patron's walk , that he saw and heard the men who had governed the great world - measured himself with them , looking up from his silent corner ...
... honour's errands . ' It was here , as he was writing at Temple's table , or follow- ing his patron's walk , that he saw and heard the men who had governed the great world - measured himself with them , looking up from his silent corner ...
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... Honour's heels in the garden walk ; or taking his Honour's orders as he stands by the great chair , where Sir William has the gout , and his feet all blistered with moxa ? When Sir William has the gout or scolds it must be hard work at ...
... Honour's heels in the garden walk ; or taking his Honour's orders as he stands by the great chair , where Sir William has the gout , and his feet all blistered with moxa ? When Sir William has the gout or scolds it must be hard work at ...
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... Honour's family - that is whether the last was occasioned by any ill action . They are left entirely to your Honour's mercy , though in the first I think I cannot reproach myself for anything further than for in- firmities . This is all ...
... Honour's family - that is whether the last was occasioned by any ill action . They are left entirely to your Honour's mercy , though in the first I think I cannot reproach myself for anything further than for in- firmities . This is all ...
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