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... expressed their wonder at his acquisitions , made in a state of apparent negligence and drunkenness , he never discovered his hours of reading or method of study , but involved himself in affected silence , and fed his own vanity with ...
... expressed their wonder at his acquisitions , made in a state of apparent negligence and drunkenness , he never discovered his hours of reading or method of study , but involved himself in affected silence , and fed his own vanity with ...
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... expressed , as it was dictated only by the author's delight in the quiet of Mountown . In 1708 , when Lord Wharton was sent to govern Ireland , King returned to London , with his poverty , his idleness , and his wit , and published some ...
... expressed , as it was dictated only by the author's delight in the quiet of Mountown . In 1708 , when Lord Wharton was sent to govern Ireland , King returned to London , with his poverty , his idleness , and his wit , and published some ...
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... expressed by a loud hum , continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure . When Burnet preached , part of his congregation hummed so loudly and so long , that he sat down to enjoy it , and rubbed his face with his handkerchief . When ...
... expressed by a loud hum , continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure . When Burnet preached , part of his congregation hummed so loudly and so long , that he sat down to enjoy it , and rubbed his face with his handkerchief . When ...
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... expression : Sir , I have brought a Mouse to wait on your Majesty . To which the King is said to have replied , You do well to put me in the way of making a Man of him ; and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds . This story ...
... expression : Sir , I have brought a Mouse to wait on your Majesty . To which the King is said to have replied , You do well to put me in the way of making a Man of him ; and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds . This story ...
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... expression used by constraint , or a thought imperfectly expressed . It was remarked by Pope , that the Dispensary had been corrected in every edition , and that every change was an improvement . It appears , however , to want something ...
... expression used by constraint , or a thought imperfectly expressed . It was remarked by Pope , that the Dispensary had been corrected in every edition , and that every change was an improvement . It appears , however , to want something ...
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their ... Samuel Johnson,Sir Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1871 |
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