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Pagina xiii
... originally publishing advertisements and news , as well as papers of criticism , anecdote , original poetry , etc. , gradually de- veloped into a series of essays on books , morals , and manners ; and The Spectator , brought out three ...
... originally publishing advertisements and news , as well as papers of criticism , anecdote , original poetry , etc. , gradually de- veloped into a series of essays on books , morals , and manners ; and The Spectator , brought out three ...
Pagina 24
... originally from Falsehood , who was the mother of Nonsense , who was brought to bed of a son called Frenzy , who married one of the daughters of Folly , commonly known by the name of Laughter , on whom he begot that monstrous infant of ...
... originally from Falsehood , who was the mother of Nonsense , who was brought to bed of a son called Frenzy , who married one of the daughters of Folly , commonly known by the name of Laughter , on whom he begot that monstrous infant of ...
Pagina 37
... originally among us besides hips and haws , acorns and pig - nuts , with other delicacies of the like nature ; that our climate of itself , 20 and without the assistance of art , can make no further advances towards a plum than to a ...
... originally among us besides hips and haws , acorns and pig - nuts , with other delicacies of the like nature ; that our climate of itself , 20 and without the assistance of art , can make no further advances towards a plum than to a ...
Pagina 115
... originally a piece of English music . Its resemblance to the voice of some of our British songsters , as well as the use of it , which is peculiar to our nation , confirms me in this opinion . It has at least received great improvements ...
... originally a piece of English music . Its resemblance to the voice of some of our British songsters , as well as the use of it , which is peculiar to our nation , confirms me in this opinion . It has at least received great improvements ...
Pagina 147
... originally held , and the great scene of action in the South Sea Bubble of 1720 . 1. 32. a speculative statesman , a statesman in theory , though not one in practice ; the adjective qualifies soldier , merchant , and artizan also . 1 ...
... originally held , and the great scene of action in the South Sea Bubble of 1720 . 1. 32. a speculative statesman , a statesman in theory , though not one in practice ; the adjective qualifies soldier , merchant , and artizan also . 1 ...
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