English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith |
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... asked me this morning , ' What news from Lisbon ? ' and I answered , ' She is exquisitely handsome . ' Another desired to know ' when I had last been at Hampton Court ? ' I replied , ' It will be on Tuesday come se'nnight . ' Pr'ythee ...
... asked me this morning , ' What news from Lisbon ? ' and I answered , ' She is exquisitely handsome . ' Another desired to know ' when I had last been at Hampton Court ? ' I replied , ' It will be on Tuesday come se'nnight . ' Pr'ythee ...
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... asking as con- stantly . In the course of a few pages we begin to find the shoe- maker calling for money , and some directions from the Captain , who has not thirty pounds to spare . He sends his wife , " the beauti- fullest object in ...
... asking as con- stantly . In the course of a few pages we begin to find the shoe- maker calling for money , and some directions from the Captain , who has not thirty pounds to spare . He sends his wife , " the beauti- fullest object in ...
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... asked whether the beer was good . Various jocular remarks passed from the gentlefolks to the servants ; at breakfast several persons had a word and a joke for Mrs. Betty , my lady's maid , who warmed the cream and had charge of the ...
... asked whether the beer was good . Various jocular remarks passed from the gentlefolks to the servants ; at breakfast several persons had a word and a joke for Mrs. Betty , my lady's maid , who warmed the cream and had charge of the ...
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... asking my girl questions about the disposal of her baby , and the gossiping of it , is turned into in- ward reflection and melancholy . " He would have gone on in this tender way , when the good lady entered , and with an inexpressible ...
... asking my girl questions about the disposal of her baby , and the gossiping of it , is turned into in- ward reflection and melancholy . " He would have gone on in this tender way , when the good lady entered , and with an inexpressible ...
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... asking others for a pinch . Such poor rogues put me always in mind of a common phrase among school - boys when they are composing their exercise , who run to an upper scholar , and cry , " Pray give me a little sense . But of all things ...
... asking others for a pinch . Such poor rogues put me always in mind of a common phrase among school - boys when they are composing their exercise , who run to an upper scholar , and cry , " Pray give me a little sense . But of all things ...
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Common terms and phrases
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