Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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... occasions a constant flow of the animal spirits . Unnatural laughter , which sometimes accompanies the triumph of the most malignant passions , or bursts out upon any unexpected change of fortune , or as- sumes that ghastly smile or ...
... occasions a constant flow of the animal spirits . Unnatural laughter , which sometimes accompanies the triumph of the most malignant passions , or bursts out upon any unexpected change of fortune , or as- sumes that ghastly smile or ...
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... occasion , when interro- gated whether he would have the mutton boiled or roasted , or how ? replied , " How , for I never tasted it in that way . " 99 If the classical reader ever improved himself when a school - boy by composing ...
... occasion , when interro- gated whether he would have the mutton boiled or roasted , or how ? replied , " How , for I never tasted it in that way . " 99 If the classical reader ever improved himself when a school - boy by composing ...
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... occasions for a man's un- provided , and interesting , and charming cherubs ? It must be confessed , that their beauties and accomplish- ments are frequently left unnoticed until they can be converted into a reproach against the parent ...
... occasions for a man's un- provided , and interesting , and charming cherubs ? It must be confessed , that their beauties and accomplish- ments are frequently left unnoticed until they can be converted into a reproach against the parent ...
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... occasion , if we may judge by those of England , bore almost universally some punning allusion to the name or device of the chief . The similar epigraphs still retained by the Vernon , Fortescue , and Cavendish families , as well as by ...
... occasion , if we may judge by those of England , bore almost universally some punning allusion to the name or device of the chief . The similar epigraphs still retained by the Vernon , Fortescue , and Cavendish families , as well as by ...
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... occasions , for among my visitants I have had amateurs of other things than music ; gentlemen , who have learned the new art of fingering , without the assistance of the chiroplast ; shrewd conveyancers , who can make a transfer from a ...
... occasions , for among my visitants I have had amateurs of other things than music ; gentlemen , who have learned the new art of fingering , without the assistance of the chiroplast ; shrewd conveyancers , who can make a transfer from a ...
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