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Σελίδα 101
And what is called a smattering of everything infallibly constitutes a coxcomb . I
have often , of late , reflected what an unhappy man I must now have been , if I
had not acquired in my youth some fund and taste of learning . What could I have
...
And what is called a smattering of everything infallibly constitutes a coxcomb . I
have often , of late , reflected what an unhappy man I must now have been , if I
had not acquired in my youth some fund and taste of learning . What could I have
...
Σελίδα 229
... attention , to complete that work , which , of late , you have carried on so well ,
and which is now so near being finished . My wishes , and my plan , were to
make you shine , and distinguish yourself equally in the learned and the polite
world .
... attention , to complete that work , which , of late , you have carried on so well ,
and which is now so near being finished . My wishes , and my plan , were to
make you shine , and distinguish yourself equally in the learned and the polite
world .
Σελίδα 269
The late Lord Townshend always spoke materially , with argument and
knowledge , but never pleased . Why ? His diction was not only inelegant , but
frequently ungrammatical , always vulgar ; his cadences false , his voice
unharmonious ...
The late Lord Townshend always spoke materially , with argument and
knowledge , but never pleased . Why ? His diction was not only inelegant , but
frequently ungrammatical , always vulgar ; his cadences false , his voice
unharmonious ...
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