English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith |
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... person to whom he has looked up with the greatest wonder and reverence , was the head boy at his school . The schoolmaster himself hardly inspires such an awe . The head boy construes as well as the schoolmaster himself . When he begins ...
... person to whom he has looked up with the greatest wonder and reverence , was the head boy at his school . The schoolmaster himself hardly inspires such an awe . The head boy construes as well as the schoolmaster himself . When he begins ...
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... person and society . I only beg of you to add to your other charms a fearfulness to see a man that loves you in pain and uneasiness , to make me as happy as it is possible to be in this life . Rising a little in a morn- ing , and being ...
... person and society . I only beg of you to add to your other charms a fearfulness to see a man that loves you in pain and uneasiness , to make me as happy as it is possible to be in this life . Rising a little in a morn- ing , and being ...
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... persons of fashion began their dinner with a sirloin of beef , fish , a shoulder of veal , and a tongue . My Lady Smart carved the sirloin , my Lady Answerall helped the fish , and the gallant Colonel cut the shoulder of veal . All made ...
... persons of fashion began their dinner with a sirloin of beef , fish , a shoulder of veal , and a tongue . My Lady Smart carved the sirloin , my Lady Answerall helped the fish , and the gallant Colonel cut the shoulder of veal . All made ...
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... person of so fine a taste as the author of this letter , who is capable of enjoying the world in the simplicity of its natural beauties . This pastoral letter , if I may so call it , must be written by a man who carries his ...
... person of so fine a taste as the author of this letter , who is capable of enjoying the world in the simplicity of its natural beauties . This pastoral letter , if I may so call it , must be written by a man who carries his ...
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... . This I take to be an eйρŋka , a nostrum ; upon which I hope to receive the thanks of this board ; for as it is natural to lift a man's hand to a sore , when you fear anything coming at you ; so when a person feels 45 THE TATLER Snuff.
... . This I take to be an eйρŋka , a nostrum ; upon which I hope to receive the thanks of this board ; for as it is natural to lift a man's hand to a sore , when you fear anything coming at you ; so when a person feels 45 THE TATLER Snuff.
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