English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith |
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... occasions . " I know no happiness in this life in any degree comparable to the pleasure I have in your person and ... occasion , “ do not send after me , for I shall be ridiculous . " and the next year he presented his wife with a 19 ...
... occasions . " I know no happiness in this life in any degree comparable to the pleasure I have in your person and ... occasion , “ do not send after me , for I shall be ridiculous . " and the next year he presented his wife with a 19 ...
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... occasion I could not but look with disdain upon myself , that though all the reasons which I had to lament the loss of many of my friends are now as forcible as at the moment of their departure , yet did not my heart swell with the same ...
... occasion I could not but look with disdain upon myself , that though all the reasons which I had to lament the loss of many of my friends are now as forcible as at the moment of their departure , yet did not my heart swell with the same ...
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... occasions , and instead of lamenting those who stood ready to give death to those from whom they had the fortune to receive it ; I say , when we let our thoughts wander from such noble objects , and consider the havock which is made ...
... occasions , and instead of lamenting those who stood ready to give death to those from whom they had the fortune to receive it ; I say , when we let our thoughts wander from such noble objects , and consider the havock which is made ...
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... occasions very frequently , that a brave man falls by a hand below that of a common hangman , and yet his execu- tioner escapes the clutches of the hangman for doing it . I shall therefore hereafter consider , how the bravest men in ...
... occasions very frequently , that a brave man falls by a hand below that of a common hangman , and yet his execu- tioner escapes the clutches of the hangman for doing it . I shall therefore hereafter consider , how the bravest men in ...
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... occasions , as the welfare of his son , and the safety of his fortune . After many agitations of mind , he re- flected , that necessity was the usual snare which made men fall into meanness , and that a liberal fortune generally made a ...
... occasions , as the welfare of his son , and the safety of his fortune . After many agitations of mind , he re- flected , that necessity was the usual snare which made men fall into meanness , and that a liberal fortune generally made a ...
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acquaintance ADDISON Æneids agreeable appear beautiful Belvidera Bickerstaff called Captain club coffee-house confess conversation Coote coquette court creature cried dear delight desire Dick dinner discourse door dress endeavour English entertainment eyes face fancy fashion father fortune Gascon gentleman give hand head hear heard heart honour hour humour husband ISAAC BICKERSTAFFE Joseph Addison kind lady laugh LAURENCE STERNE learning letter live look Lord Lord Warwick lover mankind manner marriage mind morning Muscovy nature never night observed occasion paper passed passion person petticoat pleased pleasure pounds present pretty Prue reason satisfaction says Sir Harry Sir Richard Steele speak Steele story talk Tatler tell thing thought tion told took town turned uncle Toby upholsterer VIRG Virgil Westminster Abbey Whig whole wife woman women word writing young