The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 pagina's |
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Pagina 10
... lived in his house , just to have worshipped him - to have run on his errands , and seen that sweet serene face . I should like , as a young man , to have lived on Fielding's stair - case in the Temple , and after helping him up to bed ...
... lived in his house , just to have worshipped him - to have run on his errands , and seen that sweet serene face . I should like , as a young man , to have lived on Fielding's stair - case in the Temple , and after helping him up to bed ...
Pagina 14
... lived and failed . But we must remember that the morality was lax , that other gentlemen besides himself took the road in his day , —that public society was in a strange dis- ordered condition , and the State was ravaged by other con ...
... lived and failed . But we must remember that the morality was lax , that other gentlemen besides himself took the road in his day , —that public society was in a strange dis- ordered condition , and the State was ravaged by other con ...
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... lived with Swift . Swift sickened , rebelled , left the service - ate humble pie and came back again ; and so for ten years went on , gathering learning , swallowing scorn , and submitting with a stealthy rage to his fortune . Temple's ...
... lived with Swift . Swift sickened , rebelled , left the service - ate humble pie and came back again ; and so for ten years went on , gathering learning , swallowing scorn , and submitting with a stealthy rage to his fortune . Temple's ...
Pagina 30
... lived with him [ Sir William Temple ] some time , but resolving to settle himself in some way of living , was inclined to take orders . However , al- though his fortune was very small , he had a scruple of entering into the Church ...
... lived with him [ Sir William Temple ] some time , but resolving to settle himself in some way of living , was inclined to take orders . However , al- though his fortune was very small , he had a scruple of entering into the Church ...
Pagina 39
... know that she met with some worthy partner , and lived long enough to see her little boys laughing over Lilliput , without any arrière pensée of a sad character about the great Dean ! and deplores you ? Scarce any man , I believe SWIFT .
... know that she met with some worthy partner , and lived long enough to see her little boys laughing over Lilliput , without any arrière pensée of a sad character about the great Dean ! and deplores you ? Scarce any man , I believe SWIFT .
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