The Wits and Beaux of SocietyJ. Hogg, 1860 - 580 Seiten |
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... characters as the Wits and Beaux of Society ' is a responsible one , and does not involve the mere attempt to amuse , or the mere desire to abuse , but requires truth and discrimination : as embracing just or unjust views of such characters ...
... characters as the Wits and Beaux of Society ' is a responsible one , and does not involve the mere attempt to amuse , or the mere desire to abuse , but requires truth and discrimination : as embracing just or unjust views of such characters ...
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... sources : it is with characters , not with literary history , that we deal ; and do our best to make the por- traitures life - like , and to bring forward old memories , which , b xviii PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION . without the stamp of.
... sources : it is with characters , not with literary history , that we deal ; and do our best to make the por- traitures life - like , and to bring forward old memories , which , b xviii PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION . without the stamp of.
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... character have we to deal with : - ' A man so various , that he seemed to be Not one , but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions , always in the wrong , Was everything by starts , and nothing long ; But , in the course of one ...
... character have we to deal with : - ' A man so various , that he seemed to be Not one , but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions , always in the wrong , Was everything by starts , and nothing long ; But , in the course of one ...
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... character , and was at once energetic and versatile . Even at this age , the qualities which became his ruin were clearly discoverable . George Villiers was recalled to England by the troubles which drove the King to Oxford , and which ...
... character , and was at once energetic and versatile . Even at this age , the qualities which became his ruin were clearly discoverable . George Villiers was recalled to England by the troubles which drove the King to Oxford , and which ...
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... character as a mounte- bank , Villiers sold mithridate and galbanum plasters : thou- sands of spectators and customers thronged every day to see and hear him . Possibly many guessed that beneath all this fantastic exterior some ulterior ...
... character as a mounte- bank , Villiers sold mithridate and galbanum plasters : thou- sands of spectators and customers thronged every day to see and hear him . Possibly many guessed that beneath all this fantastic exterior some ulterior ...
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