Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volumen2H. Colburn, 1825 - 353 páginas |
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... Lord , the Sun , and all the Gods who give life to men , receive me , and admit me into the society of the immortal ones ; for as long as I resided in this world I religiously worshipped the God whom my On the Choice of a Burial Place.
... Lord , the Sun , and all the Gods who give life to men , receive me , and admit me into the society of the immortal ones ; for as long as I resided in this world I religiously worshipped the God whom my On the Choice of a Burial Place.
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... at the Court of Darius , when that monarch lost his favourite wife , he promised to restore her to life , provided they would give him the names of three men who had never known adversity , that he might 16 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
... at the Court of Darius , when that monarch lost his favourite wife , he promised to restore her to life , provided they would give him the names of three men who had never known adversity , that he might 16 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
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... give the experiment a frequent trial . It just occurs to me , that I ought to have begun my essay with a definition of laughter , and an argute inquiry into its causes ; but it will come in as well at the end , and perhaps a ...
... give the experiment a frequent trial . It just occurs to me , that I ought to have begun my essay with a definition of laughter , and an argute inquiry into its causes ; but it will come in as well at the end , and perhaps a ...
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... gives a poignant zest to the ebullition . Talking of incongruities puts me in mind of the steam - boat , and of a conversation between two parties , one conversing of their children , the other settling the ingredients of a wedding ...
... gives a poignant zest to the ebullition . Talking of incongruities puts me in mind of the steam - boat , and of a conversation between two parties , one conversing of their children , the other settling the ingredients of a wedding ...
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... give a fuller developement to their cordial and genuine attachment . An old fellow - collegian left me a considerable legacy , upon the strength of which I married a lady of great respectability and congenial age , with whom I had been ...
... give a fuller developement to their cordial and genuine attachment . An old fellow - collegian left me a considerable legacy , upon the strength of which I married a lady of great respectability and congenial age , with whom I had been ...
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