Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volumen2H. Colburn, 1825 - 353 páginas |
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... observed two venerable - looking men , each resting his chin upon a staff , while his hands were concealed by an ample beard . These were Sophocles and Euri- pides , the tragic writers , who agreed in pronouncing the composition before ...
... observed two venerable - looking men , each resting his chin upon a staff , while his hands were concealed by an ample beard . These were Sophocles and Euri- pides , the tragic writers , who agreed in pronouncing the composition before ...
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... observed that Pope has preserved the equivoque in his transla- tion , which attests his respect for this most ancient jeu - de - mots ; while Ulysses is described as hurrying away in high glee , pleased with the effect of con- duct and ...
... observed that Pope has preserved the equivoque in his transla- tion , which attests his respect for this most ancient jeu - de - mots ; while Ulysses is described as hurrying away in high glee , pleased with the effect of con- duct and ...
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... observed that the great success of his Beggar's Opera , whilst Rich was proprietor of the theatre , had made Gay rich , and Rich gay . But what shall we say of Swift , the punster's Vade- mecum , the Hierarch , the Pontifex , the Magnus ...
... observed that the great success of his Beggar's Opera , whilst Rich was proprietor of the theatre , had made Gay rich , and Rich gay . But what shall we say of Swift , the punster's Vade- mecum , the Hierarch , the Pontifex , the Magnus ...
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... , as she very justly observed , to go draggling about in rags and ubbish ; but then it was equally unseemly , as he very pertinently rejoined , to flaunt through the town in THE TANNER'S WIDOW . 127 The Tanner's Widow.
... , as she very justly observed , to go draggling about in rags and ubbish ; but then it was equally unseemly , as he very pertinently rejoined , to flaunt through the town in THE TANNER'S WIDOW . 127 The Tanner's Widow.
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... observed that I was then in my proper element , as I was favour- ing them with a few staves . Nothing reconciled me to this spiteful persecution but the superior success with which I prosecuted my studies . Mortified va- nity stimulated ...
... observed that I was then in my proper element , as I was favour- ing them with a few staves . Nothing reconciled me to this spiteful persecution but the superior success with which I prosecuted my studies . Mortified va- nity stimulated ...
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