The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1860 - 297 Seiten |
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... thoughts into the world . ” This " invincible modesty " was no doubt the sole reason which induced the Dean to keep the secret of the " Drapier's Letters , " and a hundred humble Christian works of which he was the author . As for the ...
... thoughts into the world . ” This " invincible modesty " was no doubt the sole reason which induced the Dean to keep the secret of the " Drapier's Letters , " and a hundred humble Christian works of which he was the author . As for the ...
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... thought of it afterwards writhing in a lonely exile . A man may attribute to the gods , if he likes , what is caused by his own fury , or disappointment , or self - will . public man — what statesman projecting a coup — what king ...
... thought of it afterwards writhing in a lonely exile . A man may attribute to the gods , if he likes , what is caused by his own fury , or disappointment , or self - will . public man — what statesman projecting a coup — what king ...
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... thought it very prudent in a gentleman of my friends in Stafford- shire , who is a great lover of his garden , to pretend no higher , though his soil be good enough , than to the perfection of plums ; and in these ( by bestowing south ...
... thought it very prudent in a gentleman of my friends in Stafford- shire , who is a great lover of his garden , to pretend no higher , though his soil be good enough , than to the perfection of plums ; and in these ( by bestowing south ...
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... THOUGHTS ON HANGING . ( Directions to Servants . ) " To grow old in the office of a footman , is the highest of all indignities ; there- fore , when you find years coming on without hopes of a place at court , a command in the army , a ...
... THOUGHTS ON HANGING . ( Directions to Servants . ) " To grow old in the office of a footman , is the highest of all indignities ; there- fore , when you find years coming on without hopes of a place at court , a command in the army , a ...
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... thought the more contemptible ) . And what must have been the sadness , the sadness and terror , of the housekeeper's little daughter with the curling black ringlets and the sweet smiling face , when the secretary who teaches her to ...
... thought the more contemptible ) . And what must have been the sadness , the sadness and terror , of the housekeeper's little daughter with the curling black ringlets and the sweet smiling face , when the secretary who teaches her to ...
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