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Pagina xviii
... Truth . " . No. cxii . 1832 . - Quarterly Review . " Our vivacious neighbours , more fond of talk , found a pleasure , when silent , in writing down the talk of others , even to their Arlequiniana , for Harlequin too must talk xviii ...
... Truth . " . No. cxii . 1832 . - Quarterly Review . " Our vivacious neighbours , more fond of talk , found a pleasure , when silent , in writing down the talk of others , even to their Arlequiniana , for Harlequin too must talk xviii ...
Pagina 7
... truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be ...
... truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be ...
Pagina 13
... truth , the progress of the present Work furnishes a striking instance . It was highly gratifying to me that my friend , Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS , to whom it is inscribed , lived to peruse it , and to give the strongest testimony to its ...
... truth , the progress of the present Work furnishes a striking instance . It was highly gratifying to me that my friend , Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS , to whom it is inscribed , lived to peruse it , and to give the strongest testimony to its ...
Pagina 23
... truth . " [ Rambler , No. 60. ] What I consider as the peculiar value of the fol- lowing work , is the quantity it contains of Johnson's Conversation ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and ...
... truth . " [ Rambler , No. 60. ] What I consider as the peculiar value of the fol- lowing work , is the quantity it contains of Johnson's Conversation ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and ...
Pagina 24
... truth , from a man so still and so tame , as to be contented to pass many years as the domestic companion of a superannuated lord and lady ( 2 ) , conversation could no more be expected , than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimney ...
... truth , from a man so still and so tame , as to be contented to pass many years as the domestic companion of a superannuated lord and lady ( 2 ) , conversation could no more be expected , than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimney ...
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