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... BAILLIE , Joanna , 1764-1851 . Ethw . Ethwald , Tragedy . D. M. De Montfort , a Tragedy.— BALFE , Michael William , 1808-1870 . BARBAULD , Anna Letitia , 1743-1824 . BARHAM , Richard , ( pseud . Thomas Ingoldsby ) , 1788-1845 . Ingold ...
... BAILLIE , Joanna , 1764-1851 . Ethw . Ethwald , Tragedy . D. M. De Montfort , a Tragedy.— BALFE , Michael William , 1808-1870 . BARBAULD , Anna Letitia , 1743-1824 . BARHAM , Richard , ( pseud . Thomas Ingoldsby ) , 1788-1845 . Ingold ...
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... Joanna Baillie . Since brevity's the soul of wit , Sh . Ham . 11. 2 . BREVITY . And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes- I will be brief . As ' tis a greater mystery in the art Of painting , to foreshorten any part , Than draw ...
... Joanna Baillie . Since brevity's the soul of wit , Sh . Ham . 11. 2 . BREVITY . And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes- I will be brief . As ' tis a greater mystery in the art Of painting , to foreshorten any part , Than draw ...
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... Joanna Baillie . In all thy humours , whether grave or mellow , Thou'rt such a touchy , testy , pleasant fellow , Hast so much wit and mirth , and spleen about thee , There is no living with thee , nor without thee . From Martial . She ...
... Joanna Baillie . In all thy humours , whether grave or mellow , Thou'rt such a touchy , testy , pleasant fellow , Hast so much wit and mirth , and spleen about thee , There is no living with thee , nor without thee . From Martial . She ...
Page 90
... Joanna Baillie , De Montford . To harp on such a moulder'd string ? I am sham'd through all my nature To have lov'd so slight a thing . CONTENTION . Sons and brothers at a strife ! What is your quarrel ? how began it first ? --No ...
... Joanna Baillie , De Montford . To harp on such a moulder'd string ? I am sham'd through all my nature To have lov'd so slight a thing . CONTENTION . Sons and brothers at a strife ! What is your quarrel ? how began it first ? --No ...
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... Joanna Baillie . Corruption is a tree , whose branches are Of an unmeasurable length : they spread Ev'rywhere ; and the dew that drops from thence Hath infected some stools of authority . Beaumont and Fletcher , Honest Man's Fortune ...
... Joanna Baillie . Corruption is a tree , whose branches are Of an unmeasurable length : they spread Ev'rywhere ; and the dew that drops from thence Hath infected some stools of authority . Beaumont and Fletcher , Honest Man's Fortune ...
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