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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... perhaps less terrific than that of his opposite neigh- bour , who writes up- " THACKRAH and - 219 - SONS . " Not less objectionable is the absurd practice of writ- ing the name over the door , and the trade on either side , whence we ...
... perhaps less terrific than that of his opposite neigh- bour , who writes up- " THACKRAH and - 219 - SONS . " Not less objectionable is the absurd practice of writ- ing the name over the door , and the trade on either side , whence we ...
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... perhaps , be dis- posed to think venial , and even laudable , since it was directed against the great enemy of mankind . A friar is stated to have sold his soul to the Prince of Dark- ness , upon condition that all his debts were paid ...
... perhaps , be dis- posed to think venial , and even laudable , since it was directed against the great enemy of mankind . A friar is stated to have sold his soul to the Prince of Dark- ness , upon condition that all his debts were paid ...
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... Perhaps it might be advisable to offer prizes for the best essays upon sub- jects of general interest and clear unquestionable utility ; such as the still unsolved problem , - " An chimæra rimbombans in vacuo poterit edere primas ...
... Perhaps it might be advisable to offer prizes for the best essays upon sub- jects of general interest and clear unquestionable utility ; such as the still unsolved problem , - " An chimæra rimbombans in vacuo poterit edere primas ...
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... discontinuance , I am con- fident that the Institution which I have the honour to address will not shrink from the full performance of its duty . 1 Perhaps I may be subjecting myself to the impu- tation 30 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
... discontinuance , I am con- fident that the Institution which I have the honour to address will not shrink from the full performance of its duty . 1 Perhaps I may be subjecting myself to the impu- tation 30 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
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... Perhaps I may be subjecting myself to the impu- tation of a Hysteron - proteron , if , after noticing the abuses and perversions of words , I proceed to those of individual letters ; but the importance of the conclu- sions to which it ...
... Perhaps I may be subjecting myself to the impu- tation of a Hysteron - proteron , if , after noticing the abuses and perversions of words , I proceed to those of individual letters ; but the importance of the conclu- sions to which it ...
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