I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor ; with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very... Select British Classics - Seite 31803Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...better poet, Spenser, to make his own." — POPE'S Letters. 35.09 to pace 'Change and the Mall — * * "I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book...writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or a choleric disposition, married or a bachelor; with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce... | |
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