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... young man , to have lived on Fielding's stair - case in the Temple , and after helping him up to bed perhaps , and opening his door with his latch - key , to have shaken hands with him in the morn- ing , and heard him talk and crack ...
... young man , to have lived on Fielding's stair - case in the Temple , and after helping him up to bed perhaps , and opening his door with his latch - key , to have shaken hands with him in the morn- ing , and heard him talk and crack ...
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... young man who prided himself on saying pert things . . . . . and who cried out ' You must know , Mr. Dean , that I set up for a wit ? ' ' Do you so , ' says the Dean , ' take my advice , and sit down again ! ' 66 At another time , being ...
... young man who prided himself on saying pert things . . . . . and who cried out ' You must know , Mr. Dean , that I set up for a wit ? ' ' Do you so , ' says the Dean , ' take my advice , and sit down again ! ' 66 At another time , being ...
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... young servitor , with downcast eyes , books and papers in hand , following at his Honour's heels in the garden walk ; or taking his Honour's orders as he stands by the great chair , where Sir William has the gout , and his feet all ...
... young servitor , with downcast eyes , books and papers in hand , following at his Honour's heels in the garden walk ; or taking his Honour's orders as he stands by the great chair , where Sir William has the gout , and his feet all ...
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... young fellow hardly thirty in that employment . ” — Ibid . " The Secretary is as easy with me as Mr. Addison was . I have often thought what a splutter Sir William Temple makes about being Secretary of State . " — Ibid . " Lord ...
... young fellow hardly thirty in that employment . ” — Ibid . " The Secretary is as easy with me as Mr. Addison was . I have often thought what a splutter Sir William Temple makes about being Secretary of State . " — Ibid . " Lord ...
Pagina 25
... young no- bleman , that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope ( a Papist ) , who had begun a translation of Homer into En- glish , for which he would have them all subscribe ; ' For says he , " he shall not begin to print till I have a ...
... young no- bleman , that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope ( a Papist ) , who had begun a translation of Homer into En- glish , for which he would have them all subscribe ; ' For says he , " he shall not begin to print till I have a ...
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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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