The Companion: After-dinner Table-talkG. P. Putnam, 1850 - 192 páginas |
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... which people meet together , than to part unsatisfied with each other or themselves . - Swift . In exemplification of this , we may give an anec dote of the duke of Buckingham . " My lord 2 AFTER - DINNER TABLE - TALK . 13.
... which people meet together , than to part unsatisfied with each other or themselves . - Swift . In exemplification of this , we may give an anec dote of the duke of Buckingham . " My lord 2 AFTER - DINNER TABLE - TALK . 13.
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... give up the gum trade- " As you have permitted the French to draw your teeth , they would be fools , indeed , to quarrel with you about your gums . " At the trial of the rebel lords , seeing Bethel's sharp visage looking wistfully at ...
... give up the gum trade- " As you have permitted the French to draw your teeth , they would be fools , indeed , to quarrel with you about your gums . " At the trial of the rebel lords , seeing Bethel's sharp visage looking wistfully at ...
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... give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it , being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor , and to others who are within his sphere of action ; and therefore , in many cases , it would not be altogether absurd ...
... give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it , being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor , and to others who are within his sphere of action ; and therefore , in many cases , it would not be altogether absurd ...
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... give , the more good things you call for , the welcomer you are . No ser- vant will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do , who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion as they please . No , sir ; there ...
... give , the more good things you call for , the welcomer you are . No ser- vant will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do , who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion as they please . No , sir ; there ...
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... give us a power which the an- cients , with all their varieties of mood , and inflec- tions of tense , never could obtain . - The Doctor . EXCUSE FOR A LONG LETTER . In a postscript to one of the " Provincial Letters , " Pascal excuses ...
... give us a power which the an- cients , with all their varieties of mood , and inflec- tions of tense , never could obtain . - The Doctor . EXCUSE FOR A LONG LETTER . In a postscript to one of the " Provincial Letters , " Pascal excuses ...
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