Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Том 3H. Colburn, 1825 - 353 страници |
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... fortune which is to be the reward of this heroic complaisance ; contemplate , moreover , that heap of can- vass bags through which the fine five - franc pieces are seen to model their bright diameter ; those bank - notes , which are ...
... fortune which is to be the reward of this heroic complaisance ; contemplate , moreover , that heap of can- vass bags through which the fine five - franc pieces are seen to model their bright diameter ; those bank - notes , which are ...
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... fortune - tellers and gipsies the following caution is given to all amorous damsels : " I beseech all those young ladies , who , while they have the bandage of love or of the senses over their eyes , never see any thing except through ...
... fortune - tellers and gipsies the following caution is given to all amorous damsels : " I beseech all those young ladies , who , while they have the bandage of love or of the senses over their eyes , never see any thing except through ...
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... fortune consists in the pride of her superficial learning , in her harpsichord , her music - books , and her fastidious purism in lan- guage , you are unconsciously preparing for her the most pain- ful lot . Quitting her high - bred ...
... fortune consists in the pride of her superficial learning , in her harpsichord , her music - books , and her fastidious purism in lan- guage , you are unconsciously preparing for her the most pain- ful lot . Quitting her high - bred ...
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... fortune cross'd , Must puff to live ; when they whose fame was spread From pole to pole are in oblivion lost , And having others pinch'd , are pinch'd for bread ; — When by more sad reverse they're environ'd Than any told of Emperor or ...
... fortune cross'd , Must puff to live ; when they whose fame was spread From pole to pole are in oblivion lost , And having others pinch'd , are pinch'd for bread ; — When by more sad reverse they're environ'd Than any told of Emperor or ...
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... bodies , which have great glory and little rest , were harassed and honoured , tipped and tormented , coaxed and cursed . Then was the time that a COURTOIS could amass a princely fortune , which an audacious 40 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
... bodies , which have great glory and little rest , were harassed and honoured , tipped and tormented , coaxed and cursed . Then was the time that a COURTOIS could amass a princely fortune , which an audacious 40 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
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