The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... Lord Stormont , who was boasting the great age of the wine which , in his parsimony , he had caused to be serv- ed in extremely small glasses , It is very little of its age . " Yet this identical witti- cism is in Athenæus , where it is ...
... Lord Stormont , who was boasting the great age of the wine which , in his parsimony , he had caused to be serv- ed in extremely small glasses , It is very little of its age . " Yet this identical witti- cism is in Athenæus , where it is ...
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... Lord Bacon's habitual action in speaking , - My Lord Chancellor wringeth his speeches from the strings of his band ; ' or that Ben himself drew poetic inspiration from his great toe . He hath consumed a whole night in lying looking to ...
... Lord Bacon's habitual action in speaking , - My Lord Chancellor wringeth his speeches from the strings of his band ; ' or that Ben himself drew poetic inspiration from his great toe . He hath consumed a whole night in lying looking to ...
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... Lord Bacon has included in his Apophthegms , when the proposition being made to introduce into Sparta an absolute popular equality , he replied , ' Be- gin it in your own house . ' Possibly Richard Milward was a more judicious reporter ...
... Lord Bacon has included in his Apophthegms , when the proposition being made to introduce into Sparta an absolute popular equality , he replied , ' Be- gin it in your own house . ' Possibly Richard Milward was a more judicious reporter ...
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... Lord Byron , besides the ever- increasing Memoirs and Diaries , ' such as those of Mackintosh and Moore . Byron was a most remarkable talker . His more serious conversation , ' said Shelley , is a sort of intoxication . ' That his gayer ...
... Lord Byron , besides the ever- increasing Memoirs and Diaries , ' such as those of Mackintosh and Moore . Byron was a most remarkable talker . His more serious conversation , ' said Shelley , is a sort of intoxication . ' That his gayer ...
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... Lord Wilmington , who succeeded him , seems to be pictured in Wild . The prigs are the placemen , whether in or out ; and the debtors are the people : - ' Newgate was divided into parties on this occasion ; the prigs on each side ...
... Lord Wilmington , who succeeded him , seems to be pictured in Wild . The prigs are the placemen , whether in or out ; and the debtors are the people : - ' Newgate was divided into parties on this occasion ; the prigs on each side ...
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