Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott Company, 1910 - American literature |
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... seems , ' as Horace Walpole said , ' as if he had just come from the king's closet , or from the apartments of the men whom he describes , and was telling his readers , in plain , honest terms , what he had seen and heard . ' The ...
... seems , ' as Horace Walpole said , ' as if he had just come from the king's closet , or from the apartments of the men whom he describes , and was telling his readers , in plain , honest terms , what he had seen and heard . ' The ...
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... seems to be affected with these ; he wants not capacity , and has a larger measure of knowledge than might be expected from his education , which was very indifferent ; a want of judgment , with an instability of temper , appear in him ...
... seems to be affected with these ; he wants not capacity , and has a larger measure of knowledge than might be expected from his education , which was very indifferent ; a want of judgment , with an instability of temper , appear in him ...
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... seem to be that which he is not but because he thinks it good to have such a quality as he pretends to ? for to counterfeit and dissemble is to put on the appearance of some real excellency . Now the best way in the world for a man to seem ...
... seem to be that which he is not but because he thinks it good to have such a quality as he pretends to ? for to counterfeit and dissemble is to put on the appearance of some real excellency . Now the best way in the world for a man to seem ...
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... seems to have been well provided . But there remained another cause of offence : Whenever I had occasion to speak to my father , though I had no hat now to offend him , yet my language did as much ; for I durst not say ' you ' to him ...
... seems to have been well provided . But there remained another cause of offence : Whenever I had occasion to speak to my father , though I had no hat now to offend him , yet my language did as much ; for I durst not say ' you ' to him ...
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... seems that Carolus is three - and - twenty shillings and sixpence in Latin ? Tho . ' Tis the same thing in Greek , for we are listed . Cost . Flesh , but we an't , Tummas : I desire to be carried before the mayor , captain . Plume ...
... seems that Carolus is three - and - twenty shillings and sixpence in Latin ? Tho . ' Tis the same thing in Greek , for we are listed . Cost . Flesh , but we an't , Tummas : I desire to be carried before the mayor , captain . Plume ...
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