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What an excellent old custom was that of throwing the stocking ! What a deal of innocent mirth has been spoiled by the disuse of it ! -It is not an easy matter to preserve decorum in ...
What an excellent old custom was that of throwing the stocking ! What a deal of innocent mirth has been spoiled by the disuse of it ! -It is not an easy matter to preserve decorum in ...
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Sir , ' I was invited yesternight to a solemn supper by B. J. where you were deeply remembered ; there was good company , excellent cheer , choice wines , and jovial welcome : one thing intervened , which almost spoiled the relish of ...
Sir , ' I was invited yesternight to a solemn supper by B. J. where you were deeply remembered ; there was good company , excellent cheer , choice wines , and jovial welcome : one thing intervened , which almost spoiled the relish of ...
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Besides the instructive moral vein of Hercules as the Fawn or Parasitaster , which contains a world of excellent matter , most aptly and wittily delivered ; there are two other characters perfectly hit off , Gonzago the old prince of ...
Besides the instructive moral vein of Hercules as the Fawn or Parasitaster , which contains a world of excellent matter , most aptly and wittily delivered ; there are two other characters perfectly hit off , Gonzago the old prince of ...
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| Title | The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6 The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Percival Presland Howe |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Editors | Percival Presland Howe, Alfred Rayney Waller, Arnold Glover |
| Compiled by | James Thornton |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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