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... lady , and requested of Johnson to turn it into Latin for him . Having read Domina de 6 [ Probably " The Sisters , " a comedy performed one night only , at Covent Garden , in 1769. Dr. Goldsmith wrote an excellent epilogue to it . Mrs ...
... lady , and requested of Johnson to turn it into Latin for him . Having read Domina de 6 [ Probably " The Sisters , " a comedy performed one night only , at Covent Garden , in 1769. Dr. Goldsmith wrote an excellent epilogue to it . Mrs ...
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... lady of my acquaintance remembers to have heard her uncle sing those homely stanzas more than forty - five years ago . He re- peated the second thus ; She shall breed young lords and ladies fair , And ride abroad in a coach and three ...
... lady of my acquaintance remembers to have heard her uncle sing those homely stanzas more than forty - five years ago . He re- peated the second thus ; She shall breed young lords and ladies fair , And ride abroad in a coach and three ...
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... lady has favoured me with a characteristick anec- dote of Richardson . One day at his country house at Northend , where a large company was assembled at dinner , a gentleman who was just returned from Paris , willing to please Mr ...
... lady has favoured me with a characteristick anec- dote of Richardson . One day at his country house at Northend , where a large company was assembled at dinner , a gentleman who was just returned from Paris , willing to please Mr ...
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... lady's understanding . " An observation of Bathurst's may be mentioned , which Johnson repeated , appearing to acknowledge it to be well founded ; namely , it was somewhat re- markable how seldom , on occasion of coming into the company ...
... lady's understanding . " An observation of Bathurst's may be mentioned , which Johnson repeated , appearing to acknowledge it to be well founded ; namely , it was somewhat re- markable how seldom , on occasion of coming into the company ...
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... Lady in Waller , who could impress with " Love at first sight : " " Some other nymphs with colours faint , " And pencil slow , may Cupid paint , " And a weak heart in time destroy ; " She has a stamp , and prints the boy . " That he ...
... Lady in Waller , who could impress with " Love at first sight : " " Some other nymphs with colours faint , " And pencil slow , may Cupid paint , " And a weak heart in time destroy ; " She has a stamp , and prints the boy . " That he ...
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