The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 Seiten |
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... head to foot , and passes over to the other side of the street . Dr. Wilde of Dublin , ' who has written a most interesting volume on the closing years of Swift's life , calls Johnson " the most malignant of his biog- raphers : " it is ...
... head to foot , and passes over to the other side of the street . Dr. Wilde of Dublin , ' who has written a most interesting volume on the closing years of Swift's life , calls Johnson " the most malignant of his biog- raphers : " it is ...
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... head in a periwig and his hands in lace ruffles . If he wears buckles and square - toed shoes , he steps in them with a consummate grace , and you never hear their creak , or find them treading upon any lady's train or any rival's heels ...
... head in a periwig and his hands in lace ruffles . If he wears buckles and square - toed shoes , he steps in them with a consummate grace , and you never hear their creak , or find them treading upon any lady's train or any rival's heels ...
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... ( what a surprising humour there is in this description ! ) — the Em- 1 " My health is somewhat mended , but at best I have an ill head and an aching heart . " - In May , 1719 . peror's features , " Gulliver says , " are strong B 2 SWIFT .
... ( what a surprising humour there is in this description ! ) — the Em- 1 " My health is somewhat mended , but at best I have an ill head and an aching heart . " - In May , 1719 . peror's features , " Gulliver says , " are strong B 2 SWIFT .
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... head of grandpapa in red stockings , who is opportunely asleep ; and when seduced by the invitations of the rosy ... heads of countless perils , leaps down the throat of bewildered giants , and , dauntless and splendid 50 ENGLISH ...
... head of grandpapa in red stockings , who is opportunely asleep ; and when seduced by the invitations of the rosy ... heads of countless perils , leaps down the throat of bewildered giants , and , dauntless and splendid 50 ENGLISH ...
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... head , and hangs the hangman , don't you see in the comedy , in the song , in the dance , in the ragged little Punch's puppet - show , -the Pagan protest ? Does not it seem as if Life puts in its plea and sings its comment ? Look how ...
... head , and hangs the hangman , don't you see in the comedy , in the song , in the dance , in the ragged little Punch's puppet - show , -the Pagan protest ? Does not it seem as if Life puts in its plea and sings its comment ? Look how ...
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