Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volumen3H. Colburn, 1825 - 353 páginas |
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... whole defence upon the title of his book , which he has called the art of ma- king a good marriage . Without farther stigmatizing the pernicious tendency of this unprincipled work , we shall proceed to give such extracts from its ...
... whole defence upon the title of his book , which he has called the art of ma- king a good marriage . Without farther stigmatizing the pernicious tendency of this unprincipled work , we shall proceed to give such extracts from its ...
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... whole in a furnished garret at fifteen francs a month , look out for a good bulky dowager , or an im- posing and substantial baroness of fifty - five , who drinks freely at every meal her bottle of best claret , never reads any thing ...
... whole in a furnished garret at fifteen francs a month , look out for a good bulky dowager , or an im- posing and substantial baroness of fifty - five , who drinks freely at every meal her bottle of best claret , never reads any thing ...
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... whole fortune consists in the pride of her superficial learning , in her harpsichord , her music - books , and her fastidious purism in lan- guage , you are unconsciously preparing for her the most pain- ful lot . Quitting her high ...
... whole fortune consists in the pride of her superficial learning , in her harpsichord , her music - books , and her fastidious purism in lan- guage , you are unconsciously preparing for her the most pain- ful lot . Quitting her high ...
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... whole sixty - four different modes of syllogism should be instantly abolished by act of parliament ; for what benefit can ever be derived from a study which will admit of such undeniable falsehoods , impossible tru- isms , and ...
... whole sixty - four different modes of syllogism should be instantly abolished by act of parliament ; for what benefit can ever be derived from a study which will admit of such undeniable falsehoods , impossible tru- isms , and ...
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... whole street , and break- ing a watchman's head - a midnight frolic ; exposing some harmless personage to insults , annoyances , and losses - a good hoax ; uttering deliberate falsehoods- shooting the long bow : and various other polite ...
... whole street , and break- ing a watchman's head - a midnight frolic ; exposing some harmless personage to insults , annoyances , and losses - a good hoax ; uttering deliberate falsehoods- shooting the long bow : and various other polite ...
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