The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1860 - 297 Seiten |
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... Withers . " And in " Poetry , a Rhapsody , " he advises the poetaster to- " Read all the Prefaces of Dryden , For these aur critics much confide in , after the death of his father , who had come 6 ENGLISH HUMOURISTS .
... Withers . " And in " Poetry , a Rhapsody , " he advises the poetaster to- " Read all the Prefaces of Dryden , For these aur critics much confide in , after the death of his father , who had come 6 ENGLISH HUMOURISTS .
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A Series of Lectures William Makepeace Thackeray. after the death of his father , who had come to practise there as a lawyer . The boy went to school at Kilkenny , and aft- erwards to Trinity College , Dublin , where he got a degree with ...
A Series of Lectures William Makepeace Thackeray. after the death of his father , who had come to practise there as a lawyer . The boy went to school at Kilkenny , and aft- erwards to Trinity College , Dublin , where he got a degree with ...
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... father of Richard Brinsley , and son of that good - natured , clever , Irish , Dr. Thomas Sheridan , Swift's intimate , who lost his chaplaincy by so unluckily choosing for a text on the king's birthday , " Sufficient for the day is the ...
... father of Richard Brinsley , and son of that good - natured , clever , Irish , Dr. Thomas Sheridan , Swift's intimate , who lost his chaplaincy by so unluckily choosing for a text on the king's birthday , " Sufficient for the day is the ...
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... all , we must call that man an Englishman whose father comes from an old Yorkshire family , and his mother from an old Leicestershire one ! eminently English ; his statement is elaborately simple ; he 16 ENGLISH HUMOURISTS .
... all , we must call that man an Englishman whose father comes from an old Yorkshire family , and his mother from an old Leicestershire one ! eminently English ; his statement is elaborately simple ; he 16 ENGLISH HUMOURISTS .
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... father in the garden while a boy . He remembered the unfortunate Vanessa well ; and his account of her corresponded with the usual description of her person , especially as to her embonpoint . He said she went seldom abroad , and saw ...
... father in the garden while a boy . He remembered the unfortunate Vanessa well ; and his account of her corresponded with the usual description of her person , especially as to her embonpoint . He said she went seldom abroad , and saw ...
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