Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1930 - Počet stran: 340 |
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... excellent in all its stages , and ends oracularly . - Lord Foppington . Now , for my part , I think the wisest thing a man can do with an aching heart , is to put on a serene countenance ; for a philosophical air is the most becoming ...
... excellent in all its stages , and ends oracularly . - Lord Foppington . Now , for my part , I think the wisest thing a man can do with an aching heart , is to put on a serene countenance ; for a philosophical air is the most becoming ...
Strana 130
... excellent in their several ways than these two writers . the one owes almost every thing to external observation and traditional character , the other owes every thing to internal conception and con templation of the possible workings ...
... excellent in their several ways than these two writers . the one owes almost every thing to external observation and traditional character , the other owes every thing to internal conception and con templation of the possible workings ...
Strana 226
... excellent reasons for suspending his judgment , when another would throw the casting - weight of his own presumption or interest into the scale . The inquirer after truth learns to take nothing for granted ; least of all , to make an ...
... excellent reasons for suspending his judgment , when another would throw the casting - weight of his own presumption or interest into the scale . The inquirer after truth learns to take nothing for granted ; least of all , to make an ...
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