Half-hours with the Best Authors, Volume 1Charles Knight Charles Knight, 1850 - English literature |
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Page 98
... young are fed on the wing by their parents ; but the feat is done by so quick and almost imperceptible a sleight , that a person must have attended very exactly to their motions , before he would be able to perceive it . As soon as the ...
... young are fed on the wing by their parents ; but the feat is done by so quick and almost imperceptible a sleight , that a person must have attended very exactly to their motions , before he would be able to perceive it . As soon as the ...
Page 177
... young courtier . Like a flourishing young gallant , newly come to his land , Who keeps a brace of painted madams at his command , And takes up a thousand pounds upon his father's land , And gets drunk in a tavern till he can neither go ...
... young courtier . Like a flourishing young gallant , newly come to his land , Who keeps a brace of painted madams at his command , And takes up a thousand pounds upon his father's land , And gets drunk in a tavern till he can neither go ...
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... young acquaintances must last longest , if they do last ; and then , Sir , young men have more virtue than old men ; they have more generous sentiments in every respect . I love the young dogs of this age , they have more wit and humour ...
... young acquaintances must last longest , if they do last ; and then , Sir , young men have more virtue than old men ; they have more generous sentiments in every respect . I love the young dogs of this age , they have more wit and humour ...
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