The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... believe me though I tell you so myself . ' This , in modern jest - books , is said to have passed between Quin and Foote . Wit , like gold , is circulated sometimes with one head on it and sometimes with another , accord- ing to the ...
... believe me though I tell you so myself . ' This , in modern jest - books , is said to have passed between Quin and Foote . Wit , like gold , is circulated sometimes with one head on it and sometimes with another , accord- ing to the ...
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... believe the immortality of the soul . But the Car- dinal , as we know from other Ana , was gouty in his old age , like many lively men , from Erasmus to James Smith , and his temper may have suffered . In his youth he had been so active ...
... believe the immortality of the soul . But the Car- dinal , as we know from other Ana , was gouty in his old age , like many lively men , from Erasmus to James Smith , and his temper may have suffered . In his youth he had been so active ...
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... believe that silence con- cealed meditation , and M. de Benserade said of a man who did not talk , ' He thinks just as little . ' It is a pleasant intellectual distraction - a kind of literary holiday to turn over the pages of the ...
... believe that silence con- cealed meditation , and M. de Benserade said of a man who did not talk , ' He thinks just as little . ' It is a pleasant intellectual distraction - a kind of literary holiday to turn over the pages of the ...
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... believe , the test of Table - Talk be its worthiness to take a place as literature after its immediate effect has been pro- duced , where shall we look for its match ? It has a style of its own , and cannot be imitated without absurdity ...
... believe , the test of Table - Talk be its worthiness to take a place as literature after its immediate effect has been pro- duced , where shall we look for its match ? It has a style of its own , and cannot be imitated without absurdity ...
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... believe , be found in almost every extensive institution . The great Belgian establishment , indeed , at Ruysselede , affords an example of a more cheering character in this respect ; but the class of boys admitted to it differs in an ...
... believe , be found in almost every extensive institution . The great Belgian establishment , indeed , at Ruysselede , affords an example of a more cheering character in this respect ; but the class of boys admitted to it differs in an ...
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