The Four Georges: The English Humorists of the Eighteenth CenturySmith, Elder and Company, 1869 - 362 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... look at past manners , fashions , pleasures , and contrast them with our own . I have to say thus much by way of preface , because the subject of these lectures has been misunderstood , and I have been taken to task for not having given ...
... look at past manners , fashions , pleasures , and contrast them with our own . I have to say thus much by way of preface , because the subject of these lectures has been misunderstood , and I have been taken to task for not having given ...
Pagina 8
... more gallant and superb ; ladies more lovely ? A grander monarch , or a more miserable starved wretch than the peasant his subject , you cannot look on . Let us bear both these types in mind , if we wish 8 THE FOUR GEORGES .
... more gallant and superb ; ladies more lovely ? A grander monarch , or a more miserable starved wretch than the peasant his subject , you cannot look on . Let us bear both these types in mind , if we wish 8 THE FOUR GEORGES .
Pagina 12
... look still pretty much as in the time when George Louis left it . The gardens and pavilions of Herrenhausen are scarce changed since the day when the stout old Electress Sophia fell down in her last walk there , preceding but 12 THE ...
... look still pretty much as in the time when George Louis left it . The gardens and pavilions of Herrenhausen are scarce changed since the day when the stout old Electress Sophia fell down in her last walk there , preceding but 12 THE ...
Pagina 26
... next handy con- veyance , we take the number of the hack ; we look all over at his stars , ribbons , embroidery ; we think within ourselves , O you unfathomable schemer ! O you warrior invincible ! O you 26 THE FOUR GEORGES .
... next handy con- veyance , we take the number of the hack ; we look all over at his stars , ribbons , embroidery ; we think within ourselves , O you unfathomable schemer ! O you warrior invincible ! O you 26 THE FOUR GEORGES .
Pagina 27
... looks smiling upon the streets , with their innumerable signs , and describes them with his charming humour . " Our streets are filled with Blue Boars , Black Swans , and Red Lions , not to mention Flying Pigs and Hogs in Armour , with ...
... looks smiling upon the streets , with their innumerable signs , and describes them with his charming humour . " Our streets are filled with Blue Boars , Black Swans , and Red Lions , not to mention Flying Pigs and Hogs in Armour , with ...
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