The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Том 4H.D. Symonds, 1798 |
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... feemed a ftrong caricature of the diftorted co- medy we had juft feen , with only one difference , that in this the figures made themselves ridiculous only by their motions and grimaces . Men , women , demons , gods , pigmys , and ...
... feemed a ftrong caricature of the diftorted co- medy we had juft feen , with only one difference , that in this the figures made themselves ridiculous only by their motions and grimaces . Men , women , demons , gods , pigmys , and ...
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... feemed the Temple of Solitude ; yet , para- doxical as the affertion may appear , when the foot founded on the rock , it terrified the intruder , and in- fpired a ftrange feeling , as if the rightful fovereign was diflodged . In this ...
... feemed the Temple of Solitude ; yet , para- doxical as the affertion may appear , when the foot founded on the rock , it terrified the intruder , and in- fpired a ftrange feeling , as if the rightful fovereign was diflodged . In this ...
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... feemed to me , upon perufal , a valuable performance , and very far fuperior to most of the novels with which the public are now deluged . I have juft received a letter from a fenfible and judi- cious friend , whose sentiments ...
... feemed to me , upon perufal , a valuable performance , and very far fuperior to most of the novels with which the public are now deluged . I have juft received a letter from a fenfible and judi- cious friend , whose sentiments ...
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... feemed to in- dicate that he was not unconfcious of his own powers . He was of a difpofition fo humane and generous , that he was ever ready to ferve the unfortunate , and on fome occafions , to affift them beyond what his circumstances ...
... feemed to in- dicate that he was not unconfcious of his own powers . He was of a difpofition fo humane and generous , that he was ever ready to ferve the unfortunate , and on fome occafions , to affift them beyond what his circumstances ...
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... feemed to poffefs the germ of every virtue . " Sir G. Well , fir . " Del . Hear me on my praifes will not be tedious . Chance made him known to a man who defired to cherish his good qualities ; and the purfc , the experience , and the ...
... feemed to poffefs the germ of every virtue . " Sir G. Well , fir . " Del . Hear me on my praifes will not be tedious . Chance made him known to a man who defired to cherish his good qualities ; and the purfc , the experience , and the ...
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