The Bee and Other EssaysHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1914 - 416 pagina's |
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Pagina 28
... entertainment , rather than by the magnificence of my sign . The Spectator , and many succeeding essayists , fre- quently inform us of the numerous compliments paid them in the course of their lucubrations ; of the frequent ...
... entertainment , rather than by the magnificence of my sign . The Spectator , and many succeeding essayists , fre- quently inform us of the numerous compliments paid them in the course of their lucubrations ; of the frequent ...
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... entertainment it afforded . In three days the web was , with incredible diligence , completed ; nor could I avoid thinking that the insect . seemed to exult in its new abode . It frequently traversed it round , examined the strength of ...
... entertainment it afforded . In three days the web was , with incredible diligence , completed ; nor could I avoid thinking that the insect . seemed to exult in its new abode . It frequently traversed it round , examined the strength of ...
Pagina 47
... entertainments , our entries of ambassadors , & c . , what mummery all this ; what childish pageants , what millions are sacrificed in paying tribute to custom , what an unnecessary charge at times when we are pressed with real want ...
... entertainments , our entries of ambassadors , & c . , what mummery all this ; what childish pageants , what millions are sacrificed in paying tribute to custom , what an unnecessary charge at times when we are pressed with real want ...
Pagina 48
... entertainments , and other ' rejoicings used upon such occasions . ' C C 6 The same proposal was long before confirmed by a Chinese emperor , who lived in the last century , who , upon an occasion of extraordinary joy , forbade his ...
... entertainments , and other ' rejoicings used upon such occasions . ' C C 6 The same proposal was long before confirmed by a Chinese emperor , who lived in the last century , who , upon an occasion of extraordinary joy , forbade his ...
Pagina 63
Oliver Goldsmith. performed , was , for one night , a tolerable entertainment . Thus much may be said in its vindication , that people of fashion seemed more pleased in the representation than the subordinate ranks of people . UPON ...
Oliver Goldsmith. performed , was , for one night , a tolerable entertainment . Thus much may be said in its vindication , that people of fashion seemed more pleased in the representation than the subordinate ranks of people . UPON ...
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