The Clubs of London ...H. Colburn, 1832 |
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... pass by in our enume- ration of its worthies , our excellent brother , Dick Wilson , whose volcanic complexion has for many years been assuming deeper and deeper tints of carnation over the Port - wine of the Society . Dick is a wealthy ...
... pass by in our enume- ration of its worthies , our excellent brother , Dick Wilson , whose volcanic complexion has for many years been assuming deeper and deeper tints of carnation over the Port - wine of the Society . Dick is a wealthy ...
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... pass with the good and the great , in the respective generations which they illustrate , are too fleeting and transitory not to render us willing to retain , if we can , what are less fleeting and evanescent , the memorials of their ...
... pass with the good and the great , in the respective generations which they illustrate , are too fleeting and transitory not to render us willing to retain , if we can , what are less fleeting and evanescent , the memorials of their ...
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... pass him by ; but to paint him as he is , would exceed the powers of any pencil , and would demand more varieties of tint , and stronger contrasts of colouring , than verbal description can summon to its aid . 66 ' Quo teneam nodo ...
... pass him by ; but to paint him as he is , would exceed the powers of any pencil , and would demand more varieties of tint , and stronger contrasts of colouring , than verbal description can summon to its aid . 66 ' Quo teneam nodo ...
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... passes for stupidity , thought myself se- cure . But I had reckoned without my hostess . I was engaged in a rough controversy with the limb of an " unwedgeable and gnarled " fowl , for which somebody had applied , when she brought me ...
... passes for stupidity , thought myself se- cure . But I had reckoned without my hostess . I was engaged in a rough controversy with the limb of an " unwedgeable and gnarled " fowl , for which somebody had applied , when she brought me ...
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... pass off . A dashing off - hand habit of interposing an opinion on every topic , a promptitude in gathering up the odds and ends of other people's remarks , and hazarding them as her own - this went a great way to establish her . No one ...
... pass off . A dashing off - hand habit of interposing an opinion on every topic , a promptitude in gathering up the odds and ends of other people's remarks , and hazarding them as her own - this went a great way to establish her . No one ...
Términos y frases comunes
afterwards amidst amongst amusement anecdote Arthur Murphy banker barrister Beef Beef-Steaks Burke called character Charles Charles Morris Cobb conversation convivial counsellor Court Curran delighted Dick Dick's dine dinner Drûg Dublin Duke of Norfolk eloquence English Erskine exclaimed Farmer feelings fortune French revolution gave genius gentleman give Grace heard heart holy honour Horne Tooke hour humour Humphrey Sturt intellect Irish Jasus John JOHN HORNE TOOKE Kemble Killarney kind lady late laugh Linley literary Lord Lord Kingsborough Lord Sandwich Mackintosh ment Micky mind mirth morning natural never night notes observed occasion party person play political poor port wine powers racter remarked replied returned Rooney Serjeant Shakspeare Sheridan Sir Francis Burdett speech spirit Steaks Sublime Society sure taste tell theatre thing tion told Walsh whilst whole Wilkes WILLIAM LINLEY wine word