Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 301
... observed there . It is certain that , at only twelve , he busied himself with very ingenious speculations on the art of legerdemain ; a subject which , as Professor Dugald Stewart has most justly observed , merits much more attention ...
... observed there . It is certain that , at only twelve , he busied himself with very ingenious speculations on the art of legerdemain ; a subject which , as Professor Dugald Stewart has most justly observed , merits much more attention ...
Page 496
... observe this armistice with tolerable fidelity . Isaac Bickerstaff accordingly became silent on politics , and the ... observed all the forms of life which are to be found in that great city , has daily listened to the wits of 496 ...
... observe this armistice with tolerable fidelity . Isaac Bickerstaff accordingly became silent on politics , and the ... observed all the forms of life which are to be found in that great city , has daily listened to the wits of 496 ...
Page 569
... observed herself , to observe all that passed . Her nearest relations were aware that she had good sense , but seem not to have suspected that , under her demure and bashful deport- ment , were concealed a fertile invention and a keen ...
... observed herself , to observe all that passed . Her nearest relations were aware that she had good sense , but seem not to have suspected that , under her demure and bashful deport- ment , were concealed a fertile invention and a keen ...
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