Anecdote Lives of the Later Wits and Humourists, Том 1R. Bentley and son, 1874 |
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... remarkable that an author who in literature can only be considered as an amateur , should have possessed that rare accomplishment of style which is the first condition of durable reputation . The humour of Canning's more ephe- meral ...
... remarkable that an author who in literature can only be considered as an amateur , should have possessed that rare accomplishment of style which is the first condition of durable reputation . The humour of Canning's more ephe- meral ...
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... remarkable for his quickness , who guessed everything , and whom nothing could puzzle , putting the questions . Sometimes he would succeed on the third or fourth question . At length he was fairly brought to a stand by " the Atlantic ...
... remarkable for his quickness , who guessed everything , and whom nothing could puzzle , putting the questions . Sometimes he would succeed on the third or fourth question . At length he was fairly brought to a stand by " the Atlantic ...
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... remarkable for a kind of figurative way of stating commonplaces , which good taste . may not approve , but which , nevertheless , is well calculated to strike and inflame a popular assembly . " The honourable gentleman , " Mr. Canning ...
... remarkable for a kind of figurative way of stating commonplaces , which good taste . may not approve , but which , nevertheless , is well calculated to strike and inflame a popular assembly . " The honourable gentleman , " Mr. Canning ...
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... remarkable for an easy and abun- dant flow of humour , with ( to borrow one of Dr. Johnson's expressions ) a bottom of good sense . The subject of Swear- ing was judiciously chosen ; and its importance is heightened . with a comic ...
... remarkable for an easy and abun- dant flow of humour , with ( to borrow one of Dr. Johnson's expressions ) a bottom of good sense . The subject of Swear- ing was judiciously chosen ; and its importance is heightened . with a comic ...
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... remarkable collection : THE SOCIETY'S PORTRAITS . Engraved portraits of the members , etc. , glazed , in oak frames , with the gridiron in metal : lots 1 to 46 , including Rich , the founder , as Harlequin ; " The Stage's Glory , " a ...
... remarkable collection : THE SOCIETY'S PORTRAITS . Engraved portraits of the members , etc. , glazed , in oak frames , with the gridiron in metal : lots 1 to 46 , including Rich , the founder , as Harlequin ; " The Stage's Glory , " a ...
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