Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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... replied , As the impertinent he eyed- " Small sandy ones , like you , might each Sell for three crowns , and plenty too : " - Then quietly resumed his speech , And mouth'd it regularly through . Rabelais and the Lampreys . WHEN the ...
... replied , As the impertinent he eyed- " Small sandy ones , like you , might each Sell for three crowns , and plenty too : " - Then quietly resumed his speech , And mouth'd it regularly through . Rabelais and the Lampreys . WHEN the ...
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... replied , " How , for I never tasted it in that way . " 99 If the classical reader ever improved himself when a school - boy by composing nonsense - verses , it is pos- sible that prose of the same description may produce a similar ...
... replied , " How , for I never tasted it in that way . " 99 If the classical reader ever improved himself when a school - boy by composing nonsense - verses , it is pos- sible that prose of the same description may produce a similar ...
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... replied in a rage , " Zounds ! Sir , his conduct is unpardonable ; for though I have but this one , I am every bit as badly served as you who have thirty ! " Had I been even rich enough to purchase the right of becoming a slave to my ...
... replied in a rage , " Zounds ! Sir , his conduct is unpardonable ; for though I have but this one , I am every bit as badly served as you who have thirty ! " Had I been even rich enough to purchase the right of becoming a slave to my ...
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... replied , — " That those who choose to play at bowls , Must expect rubbers ! " The Parson at Fault . A COUNTRY parson took a notion Into his head , one Whitsuntide , That it was more like true dévotion To preach extempore ; -he tried ...
... replied , — " That those who choose to play at bowls , Must expect rubbers ! " The Parson at Fault . A COUNTRY parson took a notion Into his head , one Whitsuntide , That it was more like true dévotion To preach extempore ; -he tried ...
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... replied to my observation : - " That which indicates intellect , is always admired among the Greeks . It is a maxim with them , that the lower the eyes are placed , the more does the human recede from the animal charac- ter : -those of ...
... replied to my observation : - " That which indicates intellect , is always admired among the Greeks . It is a maxim with them , that the lower the eyes are placed , the more does the human recede from the animal charac- ter : -those of ...
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admiration ancient animal Aspasia Bampfylde Moore Carew beauty bells beneath better Blue-stocking body catachresis celebrated charm confess countenance cried dark dead dear death Deity delight devil dinner earth ejaculated Epimenides exclaimed existence eyes face Fairlop fate favour fear feel fortune friends give grave hand happy harpsichord Harry haunch head heard heart heaven HIGHWAYMAN honour Houndsditch human immortal jokes lady laugh laughter live London look marriage mean ment mind misanthropy moral morning mouth mutton nature neighbour ness never Newgate Calendar night No-man nose o'er observed once Parthenon pass perfect Pericles perpetual Phidias PINDARICS play pocket poets poor possession present purse Rabelais replied Romulus and Remus seems silence Sir Guy Socrates soul spirit tears thee Theseus thing thou thought tion Twas whole wife words write Zounds