The idler. PoemsPafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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... Human Wishes 117 Prologue , spoken by Mr. Garrick , at the opening of the theatre- royal , Drury lane 131 Prefatory Notice to the tragedy of Irene 134 Prologue 139 Irene 143 Epilogue , by sir William Yonge 237 Prologue to the masque of ...
... Human Wishes 117 Prologue , spoken by Mr. Garrick , at the opening of the theatre- royal , Drury lane 131 Prefatory Notice to the tragedy of Irene 134 Prologue 139 Irene 143 Epilogue , by sir William Yonge 237 Prologue to the masque of ...
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... human is to be frail . " " To all this nothing could be opposed . I listened with a hanging head ; Mr. Steady looked round on the hearers with triumph , and saw every eye con- gratulating his victory ; he departed , and spent the next ...
... human is to be frail . " " To all this nothing could be opposed . I listened with a hanging head ; Mr. Steady looked round on the hearers with triumph , and saw every eye con- gratulating his victory ; he departed , and spent the next ...
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... human nature produce , in a great measure , uniformity of life , and for part of the day make one place like another ; to dress and to undress , to eat and to sleep , are the same in London as in the country . The supernumerary hours ...
... human nature produce , in a great measure , uniformity of life , and for part of the day make one place like another ; to dress and to undress , to eat and to sleep , are the same in London as in the country . The supernumerary hours ...
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... human beings of another colour , brought from some distant coun- try to perish here under toil and torture . " Some there are who boast their humanity , and content themselves to seize our chases and fisheries , who drive us from every ...
... human beings of another colour , brought from some distant coun- try to perish here under toil and torture . " Some there are who boast their humanity , and content themselves to seize our chases and fisheries , who drive us from every ...
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... human figure ; so that if a man , born blind , was to recover his sight , and the most beautiful woman was brought before him , he could not determine whether she was handsome or not ; nor , if the most beautiful and most deformed were ...
... human figure ; so that if a man , born blind , was to recover his sight , and the most beautiful woman was brought before him , he could not determine whether she was handsome or not ; nor , if the most beautiful and most deformed were ...
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