The Companion: After-dinner Table-talkG. P. Putnam, 1850 - 192 páginas |
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... once ; and the sudden change of his heart , from the expectation of an ill - wisher , to find you his friend , makes you in his full favour in a moment , more so than if you had paid him the finest compliment . The spirits that were ...
... once ; and the sudden change of his heart , from the expectation of an ill - wisher , to find you his friend , makes you in his full favour in a moment , more so than if you had paid him the finest compliment . The spirits that were ...
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... once , that it was im- possible to discover his age , for the parish register had been burned in the fire of London - but Hook capped this : " Pooh , pooh ! he's one of the Little Hills that are spoken of as skipping in the Psalms ...
... once , that it was im- possible to discover his age , for the parish register had been burned in the fire of London - but Hook capped this : " Pooh , pooh ! he's one of the Little Hills that are spoken of as skipping in the Psalms ...
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... once banished every apprehension , and completely familiarized me at the priory . I had often seen Curran - often heard him —often read him ; but no man ever knew any thing about him , who did not see him at his own table , with the few ...
... once banished every apprehension , and completely familiarized me at the priory . I had often seen Curran - often heard him —often read him ; but no man ever knew any thing about him , who did not see him at his own table , with the few ...
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... once , like a man ? " As for the sliplsop of some fluent talkers in society , who exclaim that they are " so delighted , " or " so shocked , " and speak of things being pleasing or hateful " to a degree ; " he would bear down upon them ...
... once , like a man ? " As for the sliplsop of some fluent talkers in society , who exclaim that they are " so delighted , " or " so shocked , " and speak of things being pleasing or hateful " to a degree ; " he would bear down upon them ...
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... once making this easy and obvious reflection , that his affairs can have no more weight with other men than theirs have with him ; and how little that is , he is sensible enough . - Swift . MISERS . The passion for wealth has worn out ...
... once making this easy and obvious reflection , that his affairs can have no more weight with other men than theirs have with him ; and how little that is , he is sensible enough . - Swift . MISERS . The passion for wealth has worn out ...
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