Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volumen1T. Boys, 1826 - 360 páginas |
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... common criers and hawkers , who , by redoubling the same words , persuade people to buy their oysters , green hastings , or new ballads . Epithets may be found in great plenty at Billingsgate ; sarcasm and irony learned upon the water ...
... common criers and hawkers , who , by redoubling the same words , persuade people to buy their oysters , green hastings , or new ballads . Epithets may be found in great plenty at Billingsgate ; sarcasm and irony learned upon the water ...
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... common slanderer as rare and difficult a production in nature , as that of a great genius , which seldom happens above once in an age . - Sterne . XLVIII . Some reserve is a debt to prudence , as freedom and simplicity of conversation ...
... common slanderer as rare and difficult a production in nature , as that of a great genius , which seldom happens above once in an age . - Sterne . XLVIII . Some reserve is a debt to prudence , as freedom and simplicity of conversation ...
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... common place book , and his wit and learning held forth by the goose and it requires at least as many of the one to the making up of one scholar , as of the other to the composition of a man : also the valour of both is equal , and ...
... common place book , and his wit and learning held forth by the goose and it requires at least as many of the one to the making up of one scholar , as of the other to the composition of a man : also the valour of both is equal , and ...
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... common understanding , as well as common sense , is kicked out of doors ; the first proselyte he makes is himself , and when that is once compassed , the difficulty is not so great in bringing over others ; a strong delusion always ...
... common understanding , as well as common sense , is kicked out of doors ; the first proselyte he makes is himself , and when that is once compassed , the difficulty is not so great in bringing over others ; a strong delusion always ...
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... common centre . It is only the effect which that figure produces upon a mind , whose particular fabric or structure renders it susceptible of such sentiments . In vain would you look for it in the circle , or seek it , either by your ...
... common centre . It is only the effect which that figure produces upon a mind , whose particular fabric or structure renders it susceptible of such sentiments . In vain would you look for it in the circle , or seek it , either by your ...
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