The Companion: After-dinner Table-talkG. P. Putnam, 1850 - 192 páginas |
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... admiration , it is all over with him , he sickens , and is extinguished . The applauses of the theatre on which he performs are so essential to him , that he must obtain them at the expense of decency , friendship , and good feeling ...
... admiration , it is all over with him , he sickens , and is extinguished . The applauses of the theatre on which he performs are so essential to him , that he must obtain them at the expense of decency , friendship , and good feeling ...
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... admirable to observe one who is dexterous at this art , singling out a weak adversary , getting the laugh on his side , and then carrying all before him . The French , from whence we borrow the word , have a quite different idea of the ...
... admirable to observe one who is dexterous at this art , singling out a weak adversary , getting the laugh on his side , and then carrying all before him . The French , from whence we borrow the word , have a quite different idea of the ...
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... admiration . He smote the rock of the national resources , and the abundant stream of revenue gushed forth . He touched the dead corpse of the public credit , and it sprang upon its feet . - Daniel Webster . GEORGE SELWYN'S BON - MOTS ...
... admiration . He smote the rock of the national resources , and the abundant stream of revenue gushed forth . He touched the dead corpse of the public credit , and it sprang upon its feet . - Daniel Webster . GEORGE SELWYN'S BON - MOTS ...
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... ADMIRATION . Swift mentions a gentleman , who made it a rule in reading , to skip over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration at the end . THE BEST KIND OF ACID . Martin Burney was one day explaining the three kinds of acid ...
... ADMIRATION . Swift mentions a gentleman , who made it a rule in reading , to skip over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration at the end . THE BEST KIND OF ACID . Martin Burney was one day explaining the three kinds of acid ...
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... admirable master , drawn by a favourite guest shortly after Lord Holland's death : - " The time is coming when , perhaps , a few old men , the last survivors of our generation , will in vain seek , amidst new streets , and squares , and ...
... admirable master , drawn by a favourite guest shortly after Lord Holland's death : - " The time is coming when , perhaps , a few old men , the last survivors of our generation , will in vain seek , amidst new streets , and squares , and ...
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