English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith |
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... whole conduct , setting out from a wrong impression ? The tone of a voice , a word said in joke , or a trifle in behavior — the cut of his hair or the tie of his neck - cloth may disfigure him in your eyes , or poison your good opinion ...
... whole conduct , setting out from a wrong impression ? The tone of a voice , a word said in joke , or a trifle in behavior — the cut of his hair or the tie of his neck - cloth may disfigure him in your eyes , or poison your good opinion ...
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... whole truth regarding those men and manners . You could no more suffer in a British drawing - room , under the reign of Queen Victoria , a fine gentleman or fine lady of Queen Anne's time , or hear what they heard and said , than you ...
... whole truth regarding those men and manners . You could no more suffer in a British drawing - room , under the reign of Queen Victoria , a fine gentleman or fine lady of Queen Anne's time , or hear what they heard and said , than you ...
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... whole nights of mirth and jollity . With such inclinations in my heart I went to my closet yesterday in the evening , and resolved to be sorrowful ; upon which occasion I could not but look with disdain upon myself , that though all the ...
... whole nights of mirth and jollity . With such inclinations in my heart I went to my closet yesterday in the evening , and resolved to be sorrowful ; upon which occasion I could not but look with disdain upon myself , that though all the ...
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... whole court , carried his head so over complaisantly , that this martial prince gave him so great a box on the ear , as set all the heads of the court upright . This humour takes place in our minds as well as bodies . I know at this ...
... whole court , carried his head so over complaisantly , that this martial prince gave him so great a box on the ear , as set all the heads of the court upright . This humour takes place in our minds as well as bodies . I know at this ...
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... whole world , that they are not true , but false hypocrites ; and make it out that they are good men in their hearts ... whole kingdom . One could hardly find a knocker at a door in a whole street after a midnight 51 THE TATLER.
... whole world , that they are not true , but false hypocrites ; and make it out that they are good men in their hearts ... whole kingdom . One could hardly find a knocker at a door in a whole street after a midnight 51 THE TATLER.
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