The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 - English literature |
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... when invitations ran ed , plainly clad , invincibly reasonable and slack , he complained that the age was get- moral , and the incarnation of common sense . devil , the founder having been born of a emblem Table - Talk . Jan.
... when invitations ran ed , plainly clad , invincibly reasonable and slack , he complained that the age was get- moral , and the incarnation of common sense . devil , the founder having been born of a emblem Table - Talk . Jan.
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... common staple of talk in the reign of Queen Anne among non - literary people , who lived in what was called the world , Swift gives a curious representation , in his Complete Collection of genteel and ingenious Con- versation ...
... common staple of talk in the reign of Queen Anne among non - literary people , who lived in what was called the world , Swift gives a curious representation , in his Complete Collection of genteel and ingenious Con- versation ...
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... common - place ; the truth being that it was rich in ease , sense , and humour ; while theirs was like the breakfasts in military novels , which seem to consist chiefly of devilled kidneys , grilled bones , and other fiery and ...
... common - place ; the truth being that it was rich in ease , sense , and humour ; while theirs was like the breakfasts in military novels , which seem to consist chiefly of devilled kidneys , grilled bones , and other fiery and ...
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... common day- work system of English life . As a train- ing for the colonies it is better suited , and Mr. Turner points with just gratification to the vigour which his pupils display in the bush or the backwoods . Our observation ...
... common day- work system of English life . As a train- ing for the colonies it is better suited , and Mr. Turner points with just gratification to the vigour which his pupils display in the bush or the backwoods . Our observation ...
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... common universal nature , of hard or doat- ing fathers , gay and dissolute sons , misers , self - tormentors , parasites , syco- phants , crafty and unprincipled slaves ; even if his more questionable characters , his Hetæræ , his ...
... common universal nature , of hard or doat- ing fathers , gay and dissolute sons , misers , self - tormentors , parasites , syco- phants , crafty and unprincipled slaves ; even if his more questionable characters , his Hetæræ , his ...
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