The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... passed between Quin and Foote . Wit , like gold , is circulated sometimes with one head on it and sometimes with another , accord- ing to the potentates who rule its realm . Few situations are more trying than to sit at dinner and hear ...
... passed between Quin and Foote . Wit , like gold , is circulated sometimes with one head on it and sometimes with another , accord- ing to the potentates who rule its realm . Few situations are more trying than to sit at dinner and hear ...
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... passed from an ingenious and delicate description of compliment into gentle banter upon harmless foibles , and from this into laugh- ing at real defects , and into attempts to render people ridiculous . It was then nothing better than ...
... passed from an ingenious and delicate description of compliment into gentle banter upon harmless foibles , and from this into laugh- ing at real defects , and into attempts to render people ridiculous . It was then nothing better than ...
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... passed harmless and unnoticed by Mrs. Scott , but hit the poor Dominie just as he had raised a cup of tea to his lips , causing a burst of laughter which sent half of the con- tents about the table . ' Spence's memoranda of the conversa ...
... passed harmless and unnoticed by Mrs. Scott , but hit the poor Dominie just as he had raised a cup of tea to his lips , causing a burst of laughter which sent half of the con- tents about the table . ' Spence's memoranda of the conversa ...
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... passed through it with benefit . In 1845 some changes were made in the establishment , occasioned partly by the fact that the alteration in the laws for the relief of the poor had rendered it less necessary for the association to ...
... passed through it with benefit . In 1845 some changes were made in the establishment , occasioned partly by the fact that the alteration in the laws for the relief of the poor had rendered it less necessary for the association to ...
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... passed ( 17 and 18 Vic . c . 86 ) which has placed that system upon a re- cognised basis , by empowering the mana- gers of reformatory schools to apply to the Secretary of State for licences , and by authorising judges and magistrates ...
... passed ( 17 and 18 Vic . c . 86 ) which has placed that system upon a re- cognised basis , by empowering the mana- gers of reformatory schools to apply to the Secretary of State for licences , and by authorising judges and magistrates ...
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