The Eton miscellany, by Bartholomew Bouverie1827 |
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Page 21
... , that they totally omit to mention those smaller circumstances which a plain man would consider as the main - springs , or very nearly so , of human action . There are many such omissions ; but NO . I. ] 21 THE ETON MISCELLANY .
... , that they totally omit to mention those smaller circumstances which a plain man would consider as the main - springs , or very nearly so , of human action . There are many such omissions ; but NO . I. ] 21 THE ETON MISCELLANY .
Page 31
... consider it in the usual signification of the word , utterly worthless , or really GOOD , for nothing , I am at a loss to know : but I am vain and pre- sumptuous enough to imagine that my letter is ac- tually better than " nothing ...
... consider it in the usual signification of the word , utterly worthless , or really GOOD , for nothing , I am at a loss to know : but I am vain and pre- sumptuous enough to imagine that my letter is ac- tually better than " nothing ...
Page 61
... consider him , looking only at his early life , in the period to which he belonged to have moved in the same hemisphere in which that great luminary of all that is graceful and beautiful in language , of all that is intense and vigorous ...
... consider him , looking only at his early life , in the period to which he belonged to have moved in the same hemisphere in which that great luminary of all that is graceful and beautiful in language , of all that is intense and vigorous ...
Page 81
... considering what my defunct predecessor , Peregrine Courtenay and his merry colleagues would think of my presumption in setting up another periodi- cal while their own laurels were yet green , it was but natural that my waking thoughts ...
... considering what my defunct predecessor , Peregrine Courtenay and his merry colleagues would think of my presumption in setting up another periodi- cal while their own laurels were yet green , it was but natural that my waking thoughts ...
Page 110
... consider that he has made some proficiency who can talk with considerable volubility with his mouth full , for thereby he kills two birds with one stone . Class III . - The Anacreontic , or Love - making style . In this class four ...
... consider that he has made some proficiency who can talk with considerable volubility with his mouth full , for thereby he kills two birds with one stone . Class III . - The Anacreontic , or Love - making style . In this class four ...
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