The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... person who is spoken of , as par excellence a wit , ' is a second rate conversationist . ' He was so well drest , ' said ... persons , they called them his pot - companions . ' If he laughed , they called him a profane scoffer . If he ...
... person who is spoken of , as par excellence a wit , ' is a second rate conversationist . ' He was so well drest , ' said ... persons , they called them his pot - companions . ' If he laughed , they called him a profane scoffer . If he ...
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... persons to her majesty . ' This M. was mourning his misfortune in being pre- Ménage knows a vast many people of vented by age from taking part in a cam- merit ! ' said the Polar Star , satirically , paign , the King answered , We do but ...
... persons to her majesty . ' This M. was mourning his misfortune in being pre- Ménage knows a vast many people of vented by age from taking part in a cam- merit ! ' said the Polar Star , satirically , paign , the King answered , We do but ...
Pagina 9
... persons are agreeable in conversation is because each thinks more of what he intends to say than of what others are ... person out of countenance afforded mirth to the rest . The womanly vanity and queenly pride of Elizabeth shrunk from ...
... persons are agreeable in conversation is because each thinks more of what he intends to say than of what others are ... person out of countenance afforded mirth to the rest . The womanly vanity and queenly pride of Elizabeth shrunk from ...
Pagina 12
... persons . His case is , therefore , a confirmation rather than other- wise of our supposition , that to shine in mixed companies at least , demands a por- tion of the qualities which render men fit for the stir of life , for it was the ...
... persons . His case is , therefore , a confirmation rather than other- wise of our supposition , that to shine in mixed companies at least , demands a por- tion of the qualities which render men fit for the stir of life , for it was the ...
Pagina 13
... persons of the best under- standing and of both sexes met to pass the even- ings in discoursing upon whatever agreeable subjects happened to be started ; and although we are apt to ridicule the sublime platonic no- tions they had , or ...
... persons of the best under- standing and of both sexes met to pass the even- ings in discoursing upon whatever agreeable subjects happened to be started ; and although we are apt to ridicule the sublime platonic no- tions they had , or ...
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