Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volumen2H. Colburn, 1825 - 353 páginas |
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... , had at last shown the cloven foot ; congratulated his readers that the hydra - head of faction had received a good rap upon the knuckles ; and maintained that a certain reformer was a hypo- critical THE WISDOM OF LAUGHTER . 21.
... , had at last shown the cloven foot ; congratulated his readers that the hydra - head of faction had received a good rap upon the knuckles ; and maintained that a certain reformer was a hypo- critical THE WISDOM OF LAUGHTER . 21.
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... received as a present , desired her to make it into à - la- mode beef ; and upon another occasion , when interro- gated whether he would have the mutton boiled or roasted , or how ? replied , " How , for I never tasted it in that way ...
... received as a present , desired her to make it into à - la- mode beef ; and upon another occasion , when interro- gated whether he would have the mutton boiled or roasted , or how ? replied , " How , for I never tasted it in that way ...
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... received with certain qualifications and exceptions . By some mysterious affinity the sunflower turns towards the luminary whence it derives its name ; lunatics preserve an inex- plicable sympathy with the moon ; an occult attrac- tion ...
... received with certain qualifications and exceptions . By some mysterious affinity the sunflower turns towards the luminary whence it derives its name ; lunatics preserve an inex- plicable sympathy with the moon ; an occult attrac- tion ...
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... receiving Heaven knows how many visits from claim- ants of consanguinity equally near , and dear , and un- known . Oh , the worlds of good advice showered upon me when it was whispered that I was about to marry ! I began to doubt my own ...
... receiving Heaven knows how many visits from claim- ants of consanguinity equally near , and dear , and un- known . Oh , the worlds of good advice showered upon me when it was whispered that I was about to marry ! I began to doubt my own ...
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... , is generally represented cover- ed with a helmet , and who , for the same reason , has received from the comic poets the name of the onion- headed . The youth beside him is his eldest son 40 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
... , is generally represented cover- ed with a helmet , and who , for the same reason , has received from the comic poets the name of the onion- headed . The youth beside him is his eldest son 40 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
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