The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1860 - 297 Seiten |
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... sad . If Humour only meant laughter , you would 1 The anecdote is frequently told of our performer , RICH . scarcely feel more interest about humourous writers than about the LECTURE THE FIRST SWIFT .....................
... sad . If Humour only meant laughter , you would 1 The anecdote is frequently told of our performer , RICH . scarcely feel more interest about humourous writers than about the LECTURE THE FIRST SWIFT .....................
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... told by the kindest and most good- natured of men , Scott , who admires but cannot bring him- self to love him , and by stout old Johnson , ' who , forced to Sometimes , during his mental affliction , he continued walking about the ...
... told by the kindest and most good- natured of men , Scott , who admires but cannot bring him- self to love him , and by stout old Johnson , ' who , forced to Sometimes , during his mental affliction , he continued walking about the ...
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... prejudice against Swift ; for I once took the liberty to ask him if Swift had personally offended him , and he told me he had not " -BOSWELL'S Tour to the Hebrides . friend of the great Dean ? I should like to A 2 SWIFT .
... prejudice against Swift ; for I once took the liberty to ask him if Swift had personally offended him , and he told me he had not " -BOSWELL'S Tour to the Hebrides . friend of the great Dean ? I should like to A 2 SWIFT .
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... told the Secretary he could not pardon him without a fa- vourable report from the Judge , besides , he was a fiddler , and consequently a rogue , and deserved hanging for something else ; and so he shall swing . " mania -- not many ...
... told the Secretary he could not pardon him without a fa- vourable report from the Judge , besides , he was a fiddler , and consequently a rogue , and deserved hanging for something else ; and so he shall swing . " mania -- not many ...
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... told him I observed he was much out of temper , that I did not expect he would tell me the cause , but would be glad to see he was in better ; and one thing I warned him of - never to appear cold to me , for I would not be treated like ...
... told him I observed he was much out of temper , that I did not expect he would tell me the cause , but would be glad to see he was in better ; and one thing I warned him of - never to appear cold to me , for I would not be treated like ...
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acquaintance Addison admire asked beautiful Bolingbroke called Captain character charming Congreve court daughter Dean dear death delightful Dick Steele dinner Dublin Duke Dunciad Earl England English eyes face famous fancy father fond fortune genius gentle gentleman give Goldsmith hand happy heart Hogarth honest honour humour humourist Iliad Johnson Joseph Addison kind lady laugh Lawrence Sterne letters literary lived London look Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Treasurer manner married MATTHEW PRIOR nature never Nicholas Nickleby night noble North Briton periwig person pity pleasure poem poet poor Pope Pope's pretty satire says sing Sir William Temple smile speak Spence's Anecdotes Stella Sterne Struldbrugs sweet Swift Tatler tell tender thee thou thought told Tom Jones truth verses Vicar of Wakefield whilst wife William Congreve woman writing wrote young