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Page 185
... thing , and an hundred things might be said to prove them beauties . But it is needless . A book may be amusing with numerous errors , or it may be very dull without a single absurdity . The hero of this piece unites in himself the ...
... thing , and an hundred things might be said to prove them beauties . But it is needless . A book may be amusing with numerous errors , or it may be very dull without a single absurdity . The hero of this piece unites in himself the ...
Page 265
... thing called bashful- ness was not yet banished from the female world . What the above mentioned lady had the ... thing , and a very absurd thing , to boot . There is nothing genuine about him . All that is expected of him is to drink ...
... thing called bashful- ness was not yet banished from the female world . What the above mentioned lady had the ... thing , and a very absurd thing , to boot . There is nothing genuine about him . All that is expected of him is to drink ...
Page 322
... thing well done . I suppose he has been so much elated with the success of his new comedy , that he has thought every thing that concerned him must be of importance to the public . ' " " I fancy , sir , " rejoins Boswell , " this is the ...
... thing well done . I suppose he has been so much elated with the success of his new comedy , that he has thought every thing that concerned him must be of importance to the public . ' " " I fancy , sir , " rejoins Boswell , " this is the ...
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