Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volumen2H. Colburn, 1825 - 353 páginas |
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... perpetual stimulus , combining in the mind of the artist the excitement of devotion with the certainty of worldly remuneration ; a conjunction of motives to which England must have recourse , if she ever hopes , in this respect , to ...
... perpetual stimulus , combining in the mind of the artist the excitement of devotion with the certainty of worldly remuneration ; a conjunction of motives to which England must have recourse , if she ever hopes , in this respect , to ...
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... perpetual and childish warfare , they were chopping at each other's heads with logic , and pelt- ing one another with words , they would have been simply contemptible and ridiculous , had they not at the same time endeavoured , with a ...
... perpetual and childish warfare , they were chopping at each other's heads with logic , and pelt- ing one another with words , they would have been simply contemptible and ridiculous , had they not at the same time endeavoured , with a ...
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... perpetual novelty . Christianity has adopted one cordial and endearing emblem , which gracefully succeeds to the winged Aurelia of the an- cients ; I mean the cherubs ' heads , engraved upon our tombs . I love to see them fluttering ...
... perpetual novelty . Christianity has adopted one cordial and endearing emblem , which gracefully succeeds to the winged Aurelia of the an- cients ; I mean the cherubs ' heads , engraved upon our tombs . I love to see them fluttering ...
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... perpetual scolds with Betty , For the main objects of her life Were two , and form'd her daily trade , - To cram herself , and starve her maid- For one no savings were too petty , S For t'other no tid - bit too nice . After MILLER ...
... perpetual scolds with Betty , For the main objects of her life Were two , and form'd her daily trade , - To cram herself , and starve her maid- For one no savings were too petty , S For t'other no tid - bit too nice . After MILLER ...
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... perpetual stream of noise , under every possible variety which the modulation of air can produce . Even in my sleep I have a constant singing in my head ; the nerves of my brain , like an Æolian harp , vibrate of themselves ; and if I ...
... perpetual stream of noise , under every possible variety which the modulation of air can produce . Even in my sleep I have a constant singing in my head ; the nerves of my brain , like an Æolian harp , vibrate of themselves ; and if I ...
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admiration ancient animal Aspasia Bampfylde Moore Carew beauty bells beneath better Blue-stocking body catachresis celebrated charm confess countenance cried dark dead dear death Deity delight devil dinner earth ejaculated Epimenides exclaimed existence eyes face Fairlop fate favour fear feel fortune friends give grave hand happy harpsichord Harry haunch head heard heart heaven HIGHWAYMAN honour Houndsditch human immortal jokes lady laugh laughter live London look marriage mean ment mind misanthropy moral morning mouth mutton nature neighbour ness never Newgate Calendar night No-man nose o'er observed once Parthenon pass perfect Pericles perpetual Phidias PINDARICS play pocket poets poor possession present purse Rabelais replied Romulus and Remus seems silence Sir Guy Socrates soul spirit tears thee Theseus thing thou thought tion Twas whole wife words write Zounds