The Idler in Italy, Volume 1Baudry's European Library, 1839 - 408 pages |
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Page 12
... brilliant things , should only be fed on dainty ones ; and as his skill in gas- tronomy nearly equals his skill in poetry , a failure in one art must be almost as trying to his temper , as the necessity of reading a failure , in the ...
... brilliant things , should only be fed on dainty ones ; and as his skill in gas- tronomy nearly equals his skill in poetry , a failure in one art must be almost as trying to his temper , as the necessity of reading a failure , in the ...
Page 14
... attract the admiration of graziers , or but- chers , only ; and even those who most admire his brilliant colour- ing , must wish he had chosen more delicate subjects on which to display it . The observation of a countrywoman , on 14 PARIS .
... attract the admiration of graziers , or but- chers , only ; and even those who most admire his brilliant colour- ing , must wish he had chosen more delicate subjects on which to display it . The observation of a countrywoman , on 14 PARIS .
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... brilliant past , must have ap- peared to him but as a dream ; and the present , a reality too fearful in its consequences , and disgusting in its details , to be con- templated without dismay . The treatment he experienced in his ...
... brilliant past , must have ap- peared to him but as a dream ; and the present , a reality too fearful in its consequences , and disgusting in its details , to be con- templated without dismay . The treatment he experienced in his ...
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... brilliant scoffer that ever lifted the veil from the defects of his species , or gloried in exposing them ; Rousseau , who avenged him- self on mankind by displaying , in his Confessions , how base , how unworthy man could be : he ...
... brilliant scoffer that ever lifted the veil from the defects of his species , or gloried in exposing them ; Rousseau , who avenged him- self on mankind by displaying , in his Confessions , how base , how unworthy man could be : he ...
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... brilliant ornament . The discovery of Saint - Lambert's portrait , in a ring which Vol- taire had given her , and which originally contained his likeness , must have furnished a scene worthy the talents of a Molière . This ring had been ...
... brilliant ornament . The discovery of Saint - Lambert's portrait , in a ring which Vol- taire had given her , and which originally contained his likeness , must have furnished a scene worthy the talents of a Molière . This ring had been ...
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