English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith |
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... woman's man ...... . 221 173 Account of a grinning - match 224 179 Account of a whistling - match .. 227 195 On temperance .... 230 198 Character of the salamanders . 234 209 Satire on women .. 237 215 On education .... 241 251 The ...
... woman's man ...... . 221 173 Account of a grinning - match 224 179 Account of a whistling - match .. 227 195 On temperance .... 230 198 Character of the salamanders . 234 209 Satire on women .. 237 215 On education .... 241 251 The ...
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... woman ; ran out of bounds , and entered into pecuniary , or other promissory , engagements with the neighboring lollipop - venders and piemen - exhibited an early fondness and capacity for drinking mum and sack , and borrowed from all ...
... woman ; ran out of bounds , and entered into pecuniary , or other promissory , engagements with the neighboring lollipop - venders and piemen - exhibited an early fondness and capacity for drinking mum and sack , and borrowed from all ...
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... woman is a fool : tells her to read books , as if reading was a novel accomplishment ; and informs her that " not ... woman that perhaps ever was offered . Of one woman , whom Congreve had also admired and celebrated , Steele says , that ...
... woman is a fool : tells her to read books , as if reading was a novel accomplishment ; and informs her that " not ... woman that perhaps ever was offered . Of one woman , whom Congreve had also admired and celebrated , Steele says , that ...
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... woman , and it is with his heart as well as with his hat that he salutes her . About children , and all that relates to home , he is not less tender , and more than once speaks in apology of what he calls his softness . He would have ...
... woman , and it is with his heart as well as with his hat that he salutes her . About children , and all that relates to home , he is not less tender , and more than once speaks in apology of what he calls his softness . He would have ...
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... woman preserved accurately , and which could have been written but for her and her alone . They contain details of the business , pleasures , quarrels , reconciliations of the pair ; they have all the often drunk ; so that I may say ...
... woman preserved accurately , and which could have been written but for her and her alone . They contain details of the business , pleasures , quarrels , reconciliations of the pair ; they have all the often drunk ; so that I may say ...
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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