Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volumen3H. Colburn, 1825 - 353 páginas |
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... side scenes , the actresses contended for his fa- vours , and liveried lacqueys brought him letters perfumed à la Vanille , with appointments from ladies of distinction . De- scending from his unpaid tilbury in the Bois de Boulogne ...
... side scenes , the actresses contended for his fa- vours , and liveried lacqueys brought him letters perfumed à la Vanille , with appointments from ladies of distinction . De- scending from his unpaid tilbury in the Bois de Boulogne ...
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... side of the road ) , was so incautiously obeyed , that the vehicle was precipitated into the sea , and the poor ... sides ; the Serpentine River is a straight canal , and the New River an old canal ; Knightsbridge has no bridge ...
... side of the road ) , was so incautiously obeyed , that the vehicle was precipitated into the sea , and the poor ... sides ; the Serpentine River is a straight canal , and the New River an old canal ; Knightsbridge has no bridge ...
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... require , I proceed to notice , first , the fantastical practice of writing the number over the door , and the names on either side , whence we have such ridiculous - inscriptions as " BOVILL and - 127 - Boys , 20 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
... require , I proceed to notice , first , the fantastical practice of writing the number over the door , and the names on either side , whence we have such ridiculous - inscriptions as " BOVILL and - 127 - Boys , 20 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
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... side , whence we have such incongruous combinations as " Hat - CHILD - maker , " - " Cheese - HOARE- monger ; " and a variety of others , of which the pre- ceding will afford a sufficient sample . Among those inscriptions where the ...
... side , whence we have such incongruous combinations as " Hat - CHILD - maker , " - " Cheese - HOARE- monger ; " and a variety of others , of which the pre- ceding will afford a sufficient sample . Among those inscriptions where the ...
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... side of a plum - pudding is the left side , ( i . e . that which is left , ) can be logically said of a piece cut from the centre ; - whether you may legally object to paying for candles , as of bad quality , because when they are half ...
... side of a plum - pudding is the left side , ( i . e . that which is left , ) can be logically said of a piece cut from the centre ; - whether you may legally object to paying for candles , as of bad quality , because when they are half ...
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