Selected Short Stories of Sinclair LewisDoubleday, Doran & Company, 1837 - 426 Seiten |
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... ridiculous to posterity . Nor did he emanci- pate himself from these without some opposition from home . Having been the son of a commonwealth's man , his tory connexions on this side of the water gave his friends in Ireland great ...
... ridiculous to posterity . Nor did he emanci- pate himself from these without some opposition from home . Having been the son of a commonwealth's man , his tory connexions on this side of the water gave his friends in Ireland great ...
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... ridiculous allusion to their na- tures , have no force to the English reader . A bacon - eater was a good name for a mouse , and Pternotractas in Greek was a very good sounding word , that conveyed that mean- ing . Puffcheek would sound ...
... ridiculous allusion to their na- tures , have no force to the English reader . A bacon - eater was a good name for a mouse , and Pternotractas in Greek was a very good sounding word , that conveyed that mean- ing . Puffcheek would sound ...
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... ridiculous correspondence was carried on with England by people of like importance , and who were busy in sounding the alarm in the ears of an enemy , whom it was their interest to surprise . By these means , as he himself continues to ...
... ridiculous correspondence was carried on with England by people of like importance , and who were busy in sounding the alarm in the ears of an enemy , whom it was their interest to surprise . By these means , as he himself continues to ...
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... ridiculous , as we see them seriously employed in doing nothing . If we must have dirty - shirted guards upon the theatres , they should be taught to keep their eyes fixed on the actors , and not roll them round upon the audience , as ...
... ridiculous , as we see them seriously employed in doing nothing . If we must have dirty - shirted guards upon the theatres , they should be taught to keep their eyes fixed on the actors , and not roll them round upon the audience , as ...
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... gate of St James's . I could not , however , help observing , « That they are generally most ridiculous themselves , who are apt to see most ridicule in others . » SOME PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO CHARLES XII . NOT COMMONLY KNOWN 114 THE BEE .
... gate of St James's . I could not , however , help observing , « That they are generally most ridiculous themselves , who are apt to see most ridicule in others . » SOME PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO CHARLES XII . NOT COMMONLY KNOWN 114 THE BEE .
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acquainted admiration Æneid agreeable Alcander amusement appearance Asem Battersea beauty began Bidderman called character comedy continued David Mallet David Rizzio death distress dress Duke Duke of Ormond Earl of Mar eloquence employed endeavoured enemy England English ESSAY excellent eyes fame favour fond fortune friends friendship gave genius gentleman give hand happiness Homer honour humour Iliad imagination imitation justice king knew labour lady language learning letters lived Lord Bolingbroke mankind manner means merit mind nature never obliged observed occasion once Parnell party passion perceive Pergolese perhaps person philosopher pleased pleasure poet poetry polite Pope possessed praise present Pretender Pretender's racter received resolved retired ridiculous Saracen says Scotland Scribblerus Club seemed seldom society soon superiour taste thing thought tion tories Virgil virtue VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE whigs whole word writing Zoilus