Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volumen3H. Colburn, 1825 - 353 páginas |
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... least merit is left unrewarded , while all those of superior talent acquire wealth as well as fame , it did appear to me that our writers needed no chartered patrons or royal remunerators . At the first public meeting , however , of the ...
... least merit is left unrewarded , while all those of superior talent acquire wealth as well as fame , it did appear to me that our writers needed no chartered patrons or royal remunerators . At the first public meeting , however , of the ...
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... least as discordant as their clap- per , I would have all these noisy nuisances converted into euphonious melodists by an immediate decree of the Society . The postman , as a man of letters , will of course receive a licence to bear the ...
... least as discordant as their clap- per , I would have all these noisy nuisances converted into euphonious melodists by an immediate decree of the Society . The postman , as a man of letters , will of course receive a licence to bear the ...
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... least commensurate with his hatred of the Christians ; both equally derogatory to his memory . Of his uncivilized habits and inattention to cleanliness , we may sufficiently judge by his con- descending to joke about the populousness of ...
... least commensurate with his hatred of the Christians ; both equally derogatory to his memory . Of his uncivilized habits and inattention to cleanliness , we may sufficiently judge by his con- descending to joke about the populousness of ...
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... least as much as they had added to his wealth . So it fared with Chilvers . They were willing to overlook his whims and caprices , and even tolerate his old white hat , but there was really no shutting their eyes to the improper nature ...
... least as much as they had added to his wealth . So it fared with Chilvers . They were willing to overlook his whims and caprices , and even tolerate his old white hat , but there was really no shutting their eyes to the improper nature ...
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... least , have concealed the creature , and not have brought her into his own house , and under the very noses of such universally - allowed - to - be - respectable peo- ple as the inhabitants of C Row . Miss Briggs again took the lead on ...
... least , have concealed the creature , and not have brought her into his own house , and under the very noses of such universally - allowed - to - be - respectable peo- ple as the inhabitants of C Row . Miss Briggs again took the lead on ...
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