The Companion: After-dinner Table-talkG. P. Putnam, 1850 - 192 páginas |
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... STORIES . " A stupid story , " says Walpole , " or idea , will sometimes make one laugh more than wit . " LOSING TIME . One night when Matthews was going to 18 AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK.-
... STORIES . " A stupid story , " says Walpole , " or idea , will sometimes make one laugh more than wit . " LOSING TIME . One night when Matthews was going to 18 AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK.-
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... story , while he is drying himself at the fire . If you are dull after dinner , he will get him up , and rehearse half a dozen scenes out of a play , and do it well , and be as pleased with his performance as you can be . With all these ...
... story , while he is drying himself at the fire . If you are dull after dinner , he will get him up , and rehearse half a dozen scenes out of a play , and do it well , and be as pleased with his performance as you can be . With all these ...
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... story , about a man and his wife being murdered ; and putting a child in a fireplace - you see - I forget now , but it was capital : and then he wound up with - a - with —a — in his usual way , in short , oh ! he quite justi- fied ...
... story , about a man and his wife being murdered ; and putting a child in a fireplace - you see - I forget now , but it was capital : and then he wound up with - a - with —a — in his usual way , in short , oh ! he quite justi- fied ...
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... stories high , are observed to have very little in their cockloft . - Fuller . WHITEFIELD . Somebody inquired of Lady Townsend , whether it were true that Whitefield had recanted : " No , " said she , " he has only canted ...
... stories high , are observed to have very little in their cockloft . - Fuller . WHITEFIELD . Somebody inquired of Lady Townsend , whether it were true that Whitefield had recanted : " No , " said she , " he has only canted ...
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... stories of times past . We come into the world wondering at every thing ; and when our wonder about common things is over , we seek something new to wonder at . Our last scene is to tell wonders of our own , to all who will believe them ...
... stories of times past . We come into the world wondering at every thing ; and when our wonder about common things is over , we seek something new to wonder at . Our last scene is to tell wonders of our own , to all who will believe them ...
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