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Pagina 10
... charm of Addison's companionship and conversation has passed to us by fond tradition - but Swift ? If you had been his inferior in parts ( and that , with a great respect for all persons present , I fear is only very likely ) , his ...
... charm of Addison's companionship and conversation has passed to us by fond tradition - but Swift ? If you had been his inferior in parts ( and that , with a great respect for all persons present , I fear is only very likely ) , his ...
Pagina 23
... charming archness in them . " And one person in that household , that pompous stately kindly Moor Park , saw heaven nowhere else . But the Temple amenities and solemnities did not agree with Swift . He was half - killed with a surfeit ...
... charming archness in them . " And one person in that household , that pompous stately kindly Moor Park , saw heaven nowhere else . But the Temple amenities and solemnities did not agree with Swift . He was half - killed with a surfeit ...
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... charming lines of the poet , where the king of the pigmies is measured by the same standard . We have all read in Milton of the spear that was like " the mast of some tall amiral , " but these images are surely likely to come to the ...
... charming lines of the poet , where the king of the pigmies is measured by the same standard . We have all read in Milton of the spear that was like " the mast of some tall amiral , " but these images are surely likely to come to the ...
Pagina 40
... charming to con- template , I will say that in spite of ill - usage , in spite of drawbacks , in spite of mysterious separation and union , of hope delayed and sickened heart - in the teeth of Vanessa , and that little episodical ...
... charming to con- template , I will say that in spite of ill - usage , in spite of drawbacks , in spite of mysterious separation and union , of hope delayed and sickened heart - in the teeth of Vanessa , and that little episodical ...
Pagina 57
... charming actress and beau- tiful woman . She had a " lively aspect , " says Tom , on the authority of Cibber , and " such a glow of health and cheerfulness in her countenance , as inspired everybody with de- sire . " " Scarce an ...
... charming actress and beau- tiful woman . She had a " lively aspect , " says Tom , on the authority of Cibber , and " such a glow of health and cheerfulness in her countenance , as inspired everybody with de- sire . " " Scarce an ...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures William Makepeace Thackeray Volledige weergave - 1853 |
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