The English Humourists: The Four GeorgesJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1912 - 423 páginas |
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... play- house taper is invisible . But the ladies loved him , and he was undoubtedly a pretty fellow.t But Congreve seems to have gained yet farther than Southerne upon Dryden's friendship . He was introduced to him by his first play ...
... play- house taper is invisible . But the ladies loved him , and he was undoubtedly a pretty fellow.t But Congreve seems to have gained yet farther than Southerne upon Dryden's friendship . He was introduced to him by his first play ...
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... play of individual thought by which each comments on it , and now hear the third writer - death , sorrow , and the grave , being for the moment also his theme . ' The first sense of sorrow I ever knew , ' Steele says in the Tatler ...
... play of individual thought by which each comments on it , and now hear the third writer - death , sorrow , and the grave , being for the moment also his theme . ' The first sense of sorrow I ever knew , ' Steele says in the Tatler ...
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... playing at backgammon for an hour or two after dinner , in order by unbending his mind to promote digestion . ' As for the High Church parsons , they all played , bishops and all . On Twelfth - day the Court used to play in state . 6 ...
... playing at backgammon for an hour or two after dinner , in order by unbending his mind to promote digestion . ' As for the High Church parsons , they all played , bishops and all . On Twelfth - day the Court used to play in state . 6 ...
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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