Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Harper and Brothers, 1897 |
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... Horace Walpole describes it as ' the heaviest of all books , in ten thick octavos , with notes that are an extract of all the opium that is spread through the works of all the bad play - wrights of that age : -mercy on the poor ...
... Horace Walpole describes it as ' the heaviest of all books , in ten thick octavos , with notes that are an extract of all the opium that is spread through the works of all the bad play - wrights of that age : -mercy on the poor ...
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... Horace Walpole ' he had written the best modern comedy . ' Letters , ix . 96 . 2 Dr. George Fordyce . For an anec- dote of his drinking see Life , ii . 274 . 3 The Bishop ( Dr. John Douglas , ' the detector of quacks ' ) was elected on ...
... Horace Walpole ' he had written the best modern comedy . ' Letters , ix . 96 . 2 Dr. George Fordyce . For an anec- dote of his drinking see Life , ii . 274 . 3 The Bishop ( Dr. John Douglas , ' the detector of quacks ' ) was elected on ...
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... Horace Walpole , ' I stopped dead short in the first volume ; never was such a heap of insignifi- cant trash and lies . ' Walpole's Let- ters , vi . 202 . 14th . The first entire fair day , since I 14th . DT Anecdotes from the Rev Dr ...
... Horace Walpole , ' I stopped dead short in the first volume ; never was such a heap of insignifi- cant trash and lies . ' Walpole's Let- ters , vi . 202 . 14th . The first entire fair day , since I 14th . DT Anecdotes from the Rev Dr ...
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... Horace Walpole thus describes public affairs in February , 1779 : - ' The navy disgusted , insurrections in Scotland , Wales mutinous , a re- turned turned a sharp ear to what I was saying , 54 Anecdotes by.
... Horace Walpole thus describes public affairs in February , 1779 : - ' The navy disgusted , insurrections in Scotland , Wales mutinous , a re- turned turned a sharp ear to what I was saying , 54 Anecdotes by.
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... Horace Walpole ) might be amusing a little group around him with his lively wit and intelligent conversation * . I For another explanation of the name , see Life , iv . 108 . ' Blue - stocking . Wearing blue worsted ( instead of black ...
... Horace Walpole ) might be amusing a little group around him with his lively wit and intelligent conversation * . I For another explanation of the name , see Life , iv . 108 . ' Blue - stocking . Wearing blue worsted ( instead of black ...
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