The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 Seiten |
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... talk and crack jokes over his breakfast and his mug of small beer . Who would not give some- thing to pass a night at the club with Johnson , and Gold- smith , and James Boswell , Esq . , of Auchinleck ? charm of Addison's companionship ...
... talk and crack jokes over his breakfast and his mug of small beer . Who would not give some- thing to pass a night at the club with Johnson , and Gold- smith , and James Boswell , Esq . , of Auchinleck ? charm of Addison's companionship ...
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... talk about Epicurus and Diogenes Laertius , Julius Cæsar , Semiramis , and the gardens of the Hesperides , Mæcenas , Strabo describing Jericho , and the Assyrian kings . A propos of beans , he would men- tion Pythagoras's precept to ...
... talk about Epicurus and Diogenes Laertius , Julius Cæsar , Semiramis , and the gardens of the Hesperides , Mæcenas , Strabo describing Jericho , and the Assyrian kings . A propos of beans , he would men- tion Pythagoras's precept to ...
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... talk and business . He was soliciting the Earl of Arran to speak to his brother , the Duke of Ormond , to get a place for a clergyman . He was promising Mr. Thorold to undertake , with my Lord . Treasurer , that he should obtain a ...
... talk and business . He was soliciting the Earl of Arran to speak to his brother , the Duke of Ormond , to get a place for a clergyman . He was promising Mr. Thorold to undertake , with my Lord . Treasurer , that he should obtain a ...
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... talk of heaven , and have so much wickedness in your heart ? May be , you dosn't think a sin . They say some of you gentlemen don't think it a sin ; but still , my honour , if it were no sin But , then , to marry my daughter for the ...
... talk of heaven , and have so much wickedness in your heart ? May be , you dosn't think a sin . They say some of you gentlemen don't think it a sin ; but still , my honour , if it were no sin But , then , to marry my daughter for the ...
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... talk and a Spectator of mankind , that we cherish and love him , and owe as much pleasure to him as to any human being that ever wrote . He came in that artificial age , and began to speak with his noble , natural voice . He came , the ...
... talk and a Spectator of mankind , that we cherish and love him , and owe as much pleasure to him as to any human being that ever wrote . He came in that artificial age , and began to speak with his noble , natural voice . He came , the ...
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