Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... close of 1716 , and that he returned to the office of secretary of state , not in 1720 but in 1721 ? Mr. Croker , indeed , is generally unfortunate in his statements respecting the Townshend family . He tells us that Charles Townshend ...
... close of 1716 , and that he returned to the office of secretary of state , not in 1720 but in 1721 ? Mr. Croker , indeed , is generally unfortunate in his statements respecting the Townshend family . He tells us that Charles Townshend ...
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... close of his life , the only one , as far as we remember , who knew him during the first ten or twelve years of his residence in the capital , was David Garrick ; and it does not appear that , during those years , David Garrick saw much ...
... close of his life , the only one , as far as we remember , who knew him during the first ten or twelve years of his residence in the capital , was David Garrick ; and it does not appear that , during those years , David Garrick saw much ...
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... close of his life . He emerged at length from cock - lofts and sixpenny ordinaries into the society of the polished and the opulent . His fame was established . A pension sufficient for his wants had been conferred on him : and he came ...
... close of his life . He emerged at length from cock - lofts and sixpenny ordinaries into the society of the polished and the opulent . His fame was established . A pension sufficient for his wants had been conferred on him : and he came ...
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... close it , the club - room is before us , and the table on which stands the omelet for Nugent , and the lemons for Johnson . There are 1 It is proper to observe that this passage bears a very close resemblance to a passage in the ...
... close it , the club - room is before us , and the table on which stands the omelet for Nugent , and the lemons for Johnson . There are 1 It is proper to observe that this passage bears a very close resemblance to a passage in the ...
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... close scrutiny . Mr. Martin has suc- ceeded perfectly in representing the pillars and candelabras of Pandemonium . But he has forgotten that Milton's Pandemonium is merely the back- ground to Satan . In the picture , the Archangel is ...
... close scrutiny . Mr. Martin has suc- ceeded perfectly in representing the pillars and candelabras of Pandemonium . But he has forgotten that Milton's Pandemonium is merely the back- ground to Satan . In the picture , the Archangel is ...
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