The Eton miscellany, by Bartholomew Bouverie1827 |
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... means contemptible reading . At length , in order to check this propensity to poetry , which my father considered at best a very useless accomplishment , he determined on sending me to school . Long and eloquently did my mother plead ...
... means contemptible reading . At length , in order to check this propensity to poetry , which my father considered at best a very useless accomplishment , he determined on sending me to school . Long and eloquently did my mother plead ...
Page 8
... means less so to the luckless wight who attempts a closer examination — surely , I say , I may venture forth , in a moderate size and a humble dress , pledging myself , if I meet with a discouraging reception from the public , never ...
... means less so to the luckless wight who attempts a closer examination — surely , I say , I may venture forth , in a moderate size and a humble dress , pledging myself , if I meet with a discouraging reception from the public , never ...
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... mean time , as they will have a little of their own way , they sometimes usurp my appellation , and sometimes my power ; sometimes address me as humble correspondents , some- times personate me as real bona fide Bartholomew Bouveries ...
... mean time , as they will have a little of their own way , they sometimes usurp my appellation , and sometimes my power ; sometimes address me as humble correspondents , some- times personate me as real bona fide Bartholomew Bouveries ...
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... mean , the constant neglect with which these over- weening gentlemen treat the names of the heroes they describe . " What's in a name ? " said a wise man - I forget , at the present moment , his own ; but that is not essential ...
... mean , the constant neglect with which these over- weening gentlemen treat the names of the heroes they describe . " What's in a name ? " said a wise man - I forget , at the present moment , his own ; but that is not essential ...
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... means impossible -Ex fumo dare lucem ; " and to show , that from what is by the generality of mankind denominated " nothing , " spring all the most important events which daily take place around us . If I ask what took place at the ...
... means impossible -Ex fumo dare lucem ; " and to show , that from what is by the generality of mankind denominated " nothing , " spring all the most important events which daily take place around us . If I ask what took place at the ...
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