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Page vii
... pretty cousin , who had married a richer man . As it was , if he could not be said " to have seen life steadily , and seen it whole , " he had , at all events , inspected it pretty narrowly in parts ; and , at a time when he was most ...
... pretty cousin , who had married a richer man . As it was , if he could not be said " to have seen life steadily , and seen it whole , " he had , at all events , inspected it pretty narrowly in parts ; and , at a time when he was most ...
Page xxiii
... Pretty Book of Pictures for Little Masters and Misses , etc. , 1767 ; and his trans- lations include Formey's Concise History of Philosophy , 1766 ; Scarron's Comic Romance , 1780. An abridged edition of Plutarch's Lives was undertaken ...
... Pretty Book of Pictures for Little Masters and Misses , etc. , 1767 ; and his trans- lations include Formey's Concise History of Philosophy , 1766 ; Scarron's Comic Romance , 1780. An abridged edition of Plutarch's Lives was undertaken ...
Page 9
... . The Citizen of the World , 1762 , i . 98. ( Letter xxv . ) ] A pretty anecdote à propos of this couplet is related in Forster's Life , 1871 , i . pp . 347-8 . ] Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the. B 415 The Traveller.
... . The Citizen of the World , 1762 , i . 98. ( Letter xxv . ) ] A pretty anecdote à propos of this couplet is related in Forster's Life , 1871 , i . pp . 347-8 . ] Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the. B 415 The Traveller.
Page 50
... pretty and small ; But your friend there , the Doctor , eats nothing at all . " " O - Oh ! " quoth my friend , " he'll come on in a trice , He's keeping a corner for something that's nice : There's a pasty " - " A pasty ! " repeated the ...
... pretty and small ; But your friend there , the Doctor , eats nothing at all . " " O - Oh ! " quoth my friend , " he'll come on in a trice , He's keeping a corner for something that's nice : There's a pasty " - " A pasty ! " repeated the ...
Page 54
... pretty rake , Dear mercenary beauty , What annual offering shall I make , Expressive of my duty ? My heart , a victim to thine eyes , Should I at once e deliver , Say would the angry fair one prize The gift , who slights the giver ? A ...
... pretty rake , Dear mercenary beauty , What annual offering shall I make , Expressive of my duty ? My heart , a victim to thine eyes , Should I at once e deliver , Say would the angry fair one prize The gift , who slights the giver ? A ...
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