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Page 60
But when we come into more free air, one may talk a little more at large. Give me
leave then to mention three, whom I do not doubt but we shall see make
considerable figures; and these are such as for their Bacchanalian performances
must ...
But when we come into more free air, one may talk a little more at large. Give me
leave then to mention three, whom I do not doubt but we shall see make
considerable figures; and these are such as for their Bacchanalian performances
must ...
Page 279
The Bass-viol is an instrument of a quite different nature to the Trumpet, and may
signify men of rough sense and unpolished parts; who do not love to hear them.
selves talk, but sometimes break out with an agreeable bluntness, unexpected ...
The Bass-viol is an instrument of a quite different nature to the Trumpet, and may
signify men of rough sense and unpolished parts; who do not love to hear them.
selves talk, but sometimes break out with an agreeable bluntness, unexpected ...
Page 396
In the ordinary conversation of this town, there are so many who can, as they call
it, talk well, that there is not one in twenty that talks to be understood. This
proceeds from an ambition to excel, or, as the term is, to shine in company. The
matter ...
In the ordinary conversation of this town, there are so many who can, as they call
it, talk well, that there is not one in twenty that talks to be understood. This
proceeds from an ambition to excel, or, as the term is, to shine in company. The
matter ...
Page 397
This man, upon all occasions, and whoever he falls in company with, talks in the
same circle, and in the same round of chat which he has learned at one of the
tables of this coffee-house. As poetry is in itself an elevation above ordinary and ...
This man, upon all occasions, and whoever he falls in company with, talks in the
same circle, and in the same round of chat which he has learned at one of the
tables of this coffee-house. As poetry is in itself an elevation above ordinary and ...
Page 37
He had too much spirit to hold his tongue in company; but at the same time so
little acquaintance with the world, that he did not know how to talk like other
people. - After a year and a half's stay at the university, he came down among us
to pass ...
He had too much spirit to hold his tongue in company; but at the same time so
little acquaintance with the world, that he did not know how to talk like other
people. - After a year and a half's stay at the university, he came down among us
to pass ...
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