The St. Petersburg English Review, of Literature, the Arts, and Sciences, Том 4Hauer and Company, 1842 |
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... never , we regret to say , has there been a more vexatious disappointment . We have indeed brought be- fore us not merely the minor notabilities of the day , but a great many persons whose station and talents assure them an historic ...
... never , we regret to say , has there been a more vexatious disappointment . We have indeed brought be- fore us not merely the minor notabilities of the day , but a great many persons whose station and talents assure them an historic ...
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We really have never met anything more curious , nor , if it were not repeated ad nauseam , more comical , than the elaborate ingenuity with which - as the ancients used to say that all roads led to Rome - every topic , from whatsoever ...
We really have never met anything more curious , nor , if it were not repeated ad nauseam , more comical , than the elaborate ingenuity with which - as the ancients used to say that all roads led to Rome - every topic , from whatsoever ...
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... never at- tempts so hopeless a task for above two or three consecutive paragraphs , but more commonly contents himself with pre- serving the general spirit of the discourse - catching here and there the most striking expressions , and ...
... never at- tempts so hopeless a task for above two or three consecutive paragraphs , but more commonly contents himself with pre- serving the general spirit of the discourse - catching here and there the most striking expressions , and ...
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... never scanted His learning unto such as wanted ; ' for I can figure like anything when I am with those who can't figure at all . » ' Mrs. T. - Oh , if you have any mag in you , we'll draw it out ! ' Dr. J. - A rogue ! she told me that ...
... never scanted His learning unto such as wanted ; ' for I can figure like anything when I am with those who can't figure at all . » ' Mrs. T. - Oh , if you have any mag in you , we'll draw it out ! ' Dr. J. - A rogue ! she told me that ...
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... never , in her own proper person , very directly or outrageous- ly praises Fanny Burney - she never absolutely says I am the cleverest writer - I am the most amiable woman in the world ' on the contrary , she humbles herself with all ...
... never , in her own proper person , very directly or outrageous- ly praises Fanny Burney - she never absolutely says I am the cleverest writer - I am the most amiable woman in the world ' on the contrary , she humbles herself with all ...
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