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... hand . The cup was broken , the lapdog was scalded , a brocaded petticoat was stained , and the whole assembly was thrown into disorder . ' The scholar slinks off in disgrace . The episode is a complete antithesis to the confidence of ...
... hand . The cup was broken , the lapdog was scalded , a brocaded petticoat was stained , and the whole assembly was thrown into disorder . ' The scholar slinks off in disgrace . The episode is a complete antithesis to the confidence of ...
Page 80
... hand the nectar of oblivion . Such is our desire of abstraction from ourselves , that very few are satisfied with the quantity of stupefaction which the needs of the body force upon the mind . Alexander himself added intemperance to ...
... hand the nectar of oblivion . Such is our desire of abstraction from ourselves , that very few are satisfied with the quantity of stupefaction which the needs of the body force upon the mind . Alexander himself added intemperance to ...
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... hand genuinely reproduce the give - and - take of excited partisan bicker- ing , and scholars from Hawkins onwards have professed John- son's ability to imitate both the typical arguments and idiom of the various speakers . ... One of ...
... hand genuinely reproduce the give - and - take of excited partisan bicker- ing , and scholars from Hawkins onwards have professed John- son's ability to imitate both the typical arguments and idiom of the various speakers . ... One of ...
Contents
surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
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