The Companion: After-dinner Table-talkG. P. Putnam, 1850 - 192 páginas |
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... nature , morality , and religion , ten thousand times better than wit ; wit is then a beauti- ful and delightful part of our nature . There is no more interesting spectacle than to see the effects of wit upon the different characters of ...
... nature , morality , and religion , ten thousand times better than wit ; wit is then a beauti- ful and delightful part of our nature . There is no more interesting spectacle than to see the effects of wit upon the different characters of ...
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... head , and a very landed manner , knowing enough to torment his fellow - creatures , not to instruct them , the ridicule of young ladies , and the natural butt and target of wit . It is easy to talk of 16 AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK .
... head , and a very landed manner , knowing enough to torment his fellow - creatures , not to instruct them , the ridicule of young ladies , and the natural butt and target of wit . It is easy to talk of 16 AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK .
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... nature can bestow on her children ; it lightens the burden of care , and turns every fable , and ghastly hue of memory , to bright and splendid colours . There is no one I enjoy so much as I do him ; a cap and bells is a crown to him ...
... nature can bestow on her children ; it lightens the burden of care , and turns every fable , and ghastly hue of memory , to bright and splendid colours . There is no one I enjoy so much as I do him ; a cap and bells is a crown to him ...
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... nature could endure no more . " In all this , there was a consistency and uniformity that was extremely racy and amusing . He is not now present to cry out , " What does that mean , sir ? what would you be at ? No gibberish ! " and ...
... nature could endure no more . " In all this , there was a consistency and uniformity that was extremely racy and amusing . He is not now present to cry out , " What does that mean , sir ? what would you be at ? No gibberish ! " and ...
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... natural sprouts of his own.- The Relapse . NOTHING TO DO . Positively , the best thing a man can have to do is nothing , and , next to that , perhaps , good works.- Lamb . MIND AND BODY . Old Sir James Herring was remonstrated with for ...
... natural sprouts of his own.- The Relapse . NOTHING TO DO . Positively , the best thing a man can have to do is nothing , and , next to that , perhaps , good works.- Lamb . MIND AND BODY . Old Sir James Herring was remonstrated with for ...
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