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... taste for more serious enjoyment . Should a state of health , not very accom- modating , continue to allow him in his im- prisonment the use of his pen , it is his in- tention , by the beginning of next year , to bring out a piece of ...
... taste for more serious enjoyment . Should a state of health , not very accom- modating , continue to allow him in his im- prisonment the use of his pen , it is his in- tention , by the beginning of next year , to bring out a piece of ...
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... one or two of us who know you , But as for the rest , they are all much below you . So stupid , in gen'ral , the natives are grown , They really prefer Scotch reviews to their own ; So that what with their taste , their reformers , 4 19.
... one or two of us who know you , But as for the rest , they are all much below you . So stupid , in gen'ral , the natives are grown , They really prefer Scotch reviews to their own ; So that what with their taste , their reformers , 4 19.
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... taste , their reformers , and stuff , They have sicken'd myself and my friends long enough . " " Yourself and your friends ! " cried the God in high glee ; " And pray , my frank visiter , who may you be ? " " Who be ! " cried the other ...
... taste , their reformers , and stuff , They have sicken'd myself and my friends long enough . " " Yourself and your friends ! " cried the God in high glee ; " And pray , my frank visiter , who may you be ? " " Who be ! " cried the other ...
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... taste and his tone , He obey'd the next call , and gave one of his own- At which you'd have thought - ( ' twas so witching a war ble ) The guests had all turn'd into listening marble ; The wreaths on their temples grew brighter of bloom ...
... taste and his tone , He obey'd the next call , and gave one of his own- At which you'd have thought - ( ' twas so witching a war ble ) The guests had all turn'd into listening marble ; The wreaths on their temples grew brighter of bloom ...
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... taste was otherwise different , was , perhaps , the first who , by carrying it to its extreme pitch of sameness , and ringing it affectedly in one's ears , gave the public at large a suspicion that there was something wrong in its ...
... taste was otherwise different , was , perhaps , the first who , by carrying it to its extreme pitch of sameness , and ringing it affectedly in one's ears , gave the public at large a suspicion that there was something wrong in its ...
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