The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures, Delivered in England, Scotland, and the United States of AmericaSmith, Elder & Company 65, Cornhill. Bombay: Smith, Taylor & Company, 1853 - 309 Seiten |
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... wife's illness . Stella died in January , 1728 , and Swift not until 1745 , having passed the last five of the seventy - eight years of his life , with an impaired intellect and keepers to watch him . * You know , of course , that Swift ...
... wife's illness . Stella died in January , 1728 , and Swift not until 1745 , having passed the last five of the seventy - eight years of his life , with an impaired intellect and keepers to watch him . * You know , of course , that Swift ...
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... wife and daughters in the drawing - room , content to take that sort of pay for his tremendous services as a bravo . ** * " But , my Hamilton , I will never hide the freedom of my sentiments from you . I am much inclined to believe that ...
... wife and daughters in the drawing - room , content to take that sort of pay for his tremendous services as a bravo . ** * " But , my Hamilton , I will never hide the freedom of my sentiments from you . I am much inclined to believe that ...
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... wife , the best companion of the best of men " Mild Dorothea , peaceful , wise , and great , Trembling beheld the doubtful hand of fate . " As for Dorinda , his sister , " Those who would grief describe , might come and trace Its watery ...
... wife , the best companion of the best of men " Mild Dorothea , peaceful , wise , and great , Trembling beheld the doubtful hand of fate . " As for Dorinda , his sister , " Those who would grief describe , might come and trace Its watery ...
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... William , ] and his wife pass by me to - day in their coach ; but I took no notice of them , I am glad I have wholly shaken off that family . " — S. to S. , Sept. 1710 . - I have a thousand guineas for him . ' 24 ENGLISH HUMOURISTS .
... William , ] and his wife pass by me to - day in their coach ; but I took no notice of them , I am glad I have wholly shaken off that family . " — S. to S. , Sept. 1710 . - I have a thousand guineas for him . ' 24 ENGLISH HUMOURISTS .
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... wife is allowed to be the best little woman in the world . Her chickens are the fattest , and her ale the best in all the country . Besides , the parson has a little cellar of his own , of which he keeps the key , where he always has a ...
... wife is allowed to be the best little woman in the world . Her chickens are the fattest , and her ale the best in all the country . Besides , the parson has a little cellar of his own , of which he keeps the key , where he always has a ...
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