English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith |
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... observation and keen delineation of national character . Beau Tibbs , a prominent character in this work , " is the best comic sketch , " says Hazlitt , " since the time of Addison ; unrivalled in his fancy , his vanity and his poverty ...
... observation and keen delineation of national character . Beau Tibbs , a prominent character in this work , " is the best comic sketch , " says Hazlitt , " since the time of Addison ; unrivalled in his fancy , his vanity and his poverty ...
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... my Lords Warwick and Mohun : hence the as- semblage of peers , the report of the transaction , in which these defunct fast men still live for the observation of the curious . My - Lord of Warwick is brought to the bar by 7 STEELE.
... my Lords Warwick and Mohun : hence the as- semblage of peers , the report of the transaction , in which these defunct fast men still live for the observation of the curious . My - Lord of Warwick is brought to the bar by 7 STEELE.
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... observed in the previous extracts the characteristic humor of each writer - the subject and the contrast the fact of Death , and the play of individual thought , by which each comments on it , and now hear the third writer - death ...
... observed in the previous extracts the characteristic humor of each writer - the subject and the contrast the fact of Death , and the play of individual thought , by which each comments on it , and now hear the third writer - death ...
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... observed to delight in pudding and potatoes ; and indeed I retain a benevolence for that sort of food to this day . I do not remember that I distinguished myself in any thing at those years , but by my great skill at taw , for which I ...
... observed to delight in pudding and potatoes ; and indeed I retain a benevolence for that sort of food to this day . I do not remember that I distinguished myself in any thing at those years , but by my great skill at taw , for which I ...
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... observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son ; and that these diver- sions might turn to some profit , I found the boy had made remarks , which might be of service to him during the course of his whole life ...
... observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son ; and that these diver- sions might turn to some profit , I found the boy had made remarks , which might be of service to him during the course of his whole life ...
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