Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Volumen1Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1830 |
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... better ; his criticism is therefore of that sound descrip- tion which unpremeditatedly illustrates the one in dis- cussing the points of the other . This art is said to be gra- dually becoming defunct : if so , less need be said by way ...
... better ; his criticism is therefore of that sound descrip- tion which unpremeditatedly illustrates the one in dis- cussing the points of the other . This art is said to be gra- dually becoming defunct : if so , less need be said by way ...
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... better excuse than what my brother Bayes makes for prince Prettyman in the " Rehearsal , " viz . I only do it for fear I should be thought to be nobody's son at all ; for if I have led a worthless life , the weight of my pedigree will ...
... better excuse than what my brother Bayes makes for prince Prettyman in the " Rehearsal , " viz . I only do it for fear I should be thought to be nobody's son at all ; for if I have led a worthless life , the weight of my pedigree will ...
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... better than any boy's in the form . And ( whatever shame it may be to own it ) I have observed the same odd fate has frequently attended the course of my later conduct in life . The unskilful openness , or in plain terms the ...
... better than any boy's in the form . And ( whatever shame it may be to own it ) I have observed the same odd fate has frequently attended the course of my later conduct in life . The unskilful openness , or in plain terms the ...
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... are always adapted to the capacity and taste of the person he speaks to : perhaps you will understand me better if I give you a particular instance of it . A person at the university , who , from being a man of wit 14 THE LIFE OF.
... are always adapted to the capacity and taste of the person he speaks to : perhaps you will understand me better if I give you a particular instance of it . A person at the university , who , from being a man of wit 14 THE LIFE OF.
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... better sound in good company . He is the first man of so sociable a spirit that I ever knew capable of quitting the allurements of wit and pleasure for a strong application to business ; in his youth ( for there was a time when he was ...
... better sound in good company . He is the first man of so sociable a spirit that I ever knew capable of quitting the allurements of wit and pleasure for a strong application to business ; in his youth ( for there was a time when he was ...
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Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volumen1 Vista completa - 1826 |
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