The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 Seiten |
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... sure , dared this experiment , but yet their success was encoura- ging . One gentleman made a point of asking the Dean , whether his uncle Godwin had not given him his education . Swift , who hated that subject cordially , and , in ...
... sure , dared this experiment , but yet their success was encoura- ging . One gentleman made a point of asking the Dean , whether his uncle Godwin had not given him his education . Swift , who hated that subject cordially , and , in ...
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... sure " which it brings down , says : - " And what is yet worse , it is too well known that the bad consequence of this opinion affects those among us who are not the least liable to such reproaches far- ther than the misfortune of being ...
... sure " which it brings down , says : - " And what is yet worse , it is too well known that the bad consequence of this opinion affects those among us who are not the least liable to such reproaches far- ther than the misfortune of being ...
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... sure never to see his child there . ' " When she was extremely ill , her physician said , ' Madam , you are near the bottom of the hill , but we will endeavour to get you up again . ' She answered , ' Doctor , I fear I shall be out of ...
... sure never to see his child there . ' " When she was extremely ill , her physician said , ' Madam , you are near the bottom of the hill , but we will endeavour to get you up again . ' She answered , ' Doctor , I fear I shall be out of ...
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... sure I could have borne the rack much better than those killing , killing words of yours . Sometimes I have resolved to die without seeing you more ; but those resolves , to your misfortune , did not last long ; for there is something ...
... sure I could have borne the rack much better than those killing , killing words of yours . Sometimes I have resolved to die without seeing you more ; but those resolves , to your misfortune , did not last long ; for there is something ...
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... sure , seriously rejoices with me at the period of my labours . To him , therefore , having brought this long work to a conclusion , I desire to dedicate it , and to have the honour and satisfaction of placing together in this manner ...
... sure , seriously rejoices with me at the period of my labours . To him , therefore , having brought this long work to a conclusion , I desire to dedicate it , and to have the honour and satisfaction of placing together in this manner ...
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