Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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... deserves Is but a trifler . What art thou whose eye Follows my pen , or what am I that write ? Both triflers . " HURDIS . LONDON : HENRY COLBURN , NEW BURLINGTON STREET . LONDON : PRINTED BY S. AND R. BENTLEY , DORSET 1825 .
... deserves Is but a trifler . What art thou whose eye Follows my pen , or what am I that write ? Both triflers . " HURDIS . LONDON : HENRY COLBURN , NEW BURLINGTON STREET . LONDON : PRINTED BY S. AND R. BENTLEY , DORSET 1825 .
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... writer composed some stanzas on the event , of which the following is one : " The moonbeam gilds his pallid face , Cold - cold he lies in death's embrace , The forest is his burial place , Unhallow'd is his grave : - His funeral dirge ...
... writer composed some stanzas on the event , of which the following is one : " The moonbeam gilds his pallid face , Cold - cold he lies in death's embrace , The forest is his burial place , Unhallow'd is his grave : - His funeral dirge ...
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... writing ; and as to a lachrymose visage , I appeal to the reader whether it be not contemptible and fish - like , beyond all the fascinations of Niobe her- self to redeem . All associations connected with this degrading process are ...
... writing ; and as to a lachrymose visage , I appeal to the reader whether it be not contemptible and fish - like , beyond all the fascinations of Niobe her- self to redeem . All associations connected with this degrading process are ...
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... writing - Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! and should always be printed with three capital letters , and a prop of admiration between each to prevent its burst- ing its sides . ( The very hieroglyphic makes one snigger , so festive , social , and joyous ...
... writing - Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! and should always be printed with three capital letters , and a prop of admiration between each to prevent its burst- ing its sides . ( The very hieroglyphic makes one snigger , so festive , social , and joyous ...
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... writer of the celebrated Funeral Oration pronounced by Pericles in honour of its victims , of which the eloquence was so touching , that the very mothers who had been rendered child- less followed him home with blessings , and showered ...
... writer of the celebrated Funeral Oration pronounced by Pericles in honour of its victims , of which the eloquence was so touching , that the very mothers who had been rendered child- less followed him home with blessings , and showered ...
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