The English Humourists: The Four GeorgesJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1912 - 423 páginas |
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... Lady's Earl , it is supposed , being willing to have a little diversion , did not introduce him to his lady nor mention his name . After dinner said the Dean , " Lady Burlington , I hear you can sing ; sing me a song . " The lady looked ...
... Lady's Earl , it is supposed , being willing to have a little diversion , did not introduce him to his lady nor mention his name . After dinner said the Dean , " Lady Burlington , I hear you can sing ; sing me a song . " The lady looked ...
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... ladies above quoted could resist Congreve . ' Lady Plyant . Oh ! reflect upon the horror of your conduct ! Offering to pervert me ' [ the joke is that the gentleman is pressing the lady for her daughter's hand , not for her own ] ...
... ladies above quoted could resist Congreve . ' Lady Plyant . Oh ! reflect upon the horror of your conduct ! Offering to pervert me ' [ the joke is that the gentleman is pressing the lady for her daughter's hand , not for her own ] ...
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... Lady's maid , who warmed the cream and had charge of the canister ( the tea cost thirty shillings a pound in those days ) . When my Lady Sparkish sent her footman out to my Lady Match to come at six o'clock and play at quadrille , her ...
... Lady's maid , who warmed the cream and had charge of the canister ( the tea cost thirty shillings a pound in those days ) . When my Lady Sparkish sent her footman out to my Lady Match to come at six o'clock and play at quadrille , her ...
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Addison admired asked beautiful Bolingbroke called Captain character charming Congreve Court dancing Dean dear death delightful Dick Steele dinner Doctor Doctor Johnson Drapier's Letters Duke Dunciad Earl England English eyes famous fancy father fond fortune genius gentleman George George III George Selwyn give Goldsmith hand Hanover happy heart Hogarth honest honour humour humourist husband Johnson Jonathan Wild Joseph Addison kind King lady laugh lectures letters lived London look Lord Lord Bolingbroke manner marriage married Matthew Prior morning never Nicholas Nickleby night noble passed periwig play pleasure poet poor Pope Pope's pretty Prince Princess Queen round Royal satire says smile society speak Stella story Struldbrugs sweet Swift Tatler tell tender Thackeray thought Tom Jones took verses Whig whilst wife William the Pious woman wonder writes wrote young