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Page xxi
... mirth as has ever been caused by matter packed into so small a number of pages . The latter part of the tale is unworthy of the beginning . As we approach the catastrophe , the absurdities lie thicker and thicker ; and the gleams of ...
... mirth as has ever been caused by matter packed into so small a number of pages . The latter part of the tale is unworthy of the beginning . As we approach the catastrophe , the absurdities lie thicker and thicker ; and the gleams of ...
Page xxiv
... mirth of the Good - natured Man was sober when compared with the rich drollery of She Stoops to Conquer , which is , in truth , an incom- parable farce in five acts . On this occasion , how- ever , genius triumphed . Pit , boxes , and ...
... mirth of the Good - natured Man was sober when compared with the rich drollery of She Stoops to Conquer , which is , in truth , an incom- parable farce in five acts . On this occasion , how- ever , genius triumphed . Pit , boxes , and ...
Page lxxii
... mirth : he never formed any scheme , or joined in any combination , to hurt any man living . His inviting persons to condemn Mr. Home's tragedy , at first sight wears an ill face ; but this was a transient thought of a giddy man , who ...
... mirth : he never formed any scheme , or joined in any combination , to hurt any man living . His inviting persons to condemn Mr. Home's tragedy , at first sight wears an ill face ; but this was a transient thought of a giddy man , who ...
Page ci
... mirth and social ease , Pleas'd with thyself , whom all the world can please , How often have I led thy sportive choir , With tuneless pipe , beside the murmuring Loire ! Where shading elms along the margin grew , And , freshen'd from ...
... mirth and social ease , Pleas'd with thyself , whom all the world can please , How often have I led thy sportive choir , With tuneless pipe , beside the murmuring Loire ! Where shading elms along the margin grew , And , freshen'd from ...
Page 17
... mirth and social ease , Pleas'd with thyself , whom all the world can please , How often have I led thy sportive choir , With tuneless pipe , beside the murmuring Loire ! Where shading elms along the margin grew , And freshen'd from the ...
... mirth and social ease , Pleas'd with thyself , whom all the world can please , How often have I led thy sportive choir , With tuneless pipe , beside the murmuring Loire ! Where shading elms along the margin grew , And freshen'd from the ...
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