The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... once whether a Cicero was genuine , and dismissed a spurious one with the calm contempt of a connoisseur . Wit , as we have already intimated , was one of the great orator's chief endowments . Quintilian celebrates his urbanitas , the ...
... once whether a Cicero was genuine , and dismissed a spurious one with the calm contempt of a connoisseur . Wit , as we have already intimated , was one of the great orator's chief endowments . Quintilian celebrates his urbanitas , the ...
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... once said a good thing , as Brummell once ate a pea . The pleasantry was apropos of the mad theory of Hardouin , that the classics were written by the monks . The poet answered that he did not like monks generally , but that one would ...
... once said a good thing , as Brummell once ate a pea . The pleasantry was apropos of the mad theory of Hardouin , that the classics were written by the monks . The poet answered that he did not like monks generally , but that one would ...
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... once being per suaded to have him in , ' Come on , Pace , ' said she , now we shall hear of our faults . ' I do not , ' he replied , ' use to talk of that which all the town talks on . ' She never probably ventured to repeat the experi ...
... once being per suaded to have him in , ' Come on , Pace , ' said she , now we shall hear of our faults . ' I do not , ' he replied , ' use to talk of that which all the town talks on . ' She never probably ventured to repeat the experi ...
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... once , men of letters and men of action , like Swift . If we take the conversational poets , we shall find them among those nearest to men of action in their natures , like Byron , and Burns , and Scott . The best sayers of good things ...
... once , men of letters and men of action , like Swift . If we take the conversational poets , we shall find them among those nearest to men of action in their natures , like Byron , and Burns , and Scott . The best sayers of good things ...
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... once occurs as another instance of the combi- nation . It will almost always be found that such wits or talkers are altogether greater than those , by no means rare , indi- viduals , who possess the oral gift only . Much of the charm ...
... once occurs as another instance of the combi- nation . It will almost always be found that such wits or talkers are altogether greater than those , by no means rare , indi- viduals , who possess the oral gift only . Much of the charm ...
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