English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith |
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... desire to know the benefit you receive by it . Ah ! madam , had you a lover , you would not come to Apollo for a solution ; since there is no dispute but the kisses of mutual lovers give infinite satisfaction . As to its invention ...
... desire to know the benefit you receive by it . Ah ! madam , had you a lover , you would not come to Apollo for a solution ; since there is no dispute but the kisses of mutual lovers give infinite satisfaction . As to its invention ...
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... desire your patience till twelve o'clock , and that you will go to bed , " & c . - " GRAY'S INN , Feb. 3 , 1708 . " DEAR PRUE , If the man who has my shoemaker's bill calls , let him be answered that I shall call on him as I come home ...
... desire your patience till twelve o'clock , and that you will go to bed , " & c . - " GRAY'S INN , Feb. 3 , 1708 . " DEAR PRUE , If the man who has my shoemaker's bill calls , let him be answered that I shall call on him as I come home ...
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... desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents on a tombstone , my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents them- selves , I consider the vanity of grieving for those we must quickly follow . " ( I have ...
... desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents on a tombstone , my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents them- selves , I consider the vanity of grieving for those we must quickly follow . " ( I have ...
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... desire to cherish those who are innocent and unhappy , and defend those who are tender and weak . Steele is not our friend he is nothing . He is by no means the most brilliant of wits nor the deepest of thinkers : but he is our friend ...
... desire to cherish those who are innocent and unhappy , and defend those who are tender and weak . Steele is not our friend he is nothing . He is by no means the most brilliant of wits nor the deepest of thinkers : but he is our friend ...
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... desire is , void of care and strife , To lead a soft , secure , inglorious life : A country cottage near a crystal flood , A winding valley , and a lofty wood . HAVE received this short epistle from an unknown hand . - " SIR , I have no ...
... desire is , void of care and strife , To lead a soft , secure , inglorious life : A country cottage near a crystal flood , A winding valley , and a lofty wood . HAVE received this short epistle from an unknown hand . - " SIR , I have no ...
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