Tales and Novels: Castle Rackrent. An essay on Irish bulls. An essay on the noble science of self-justificationHarper & brothers, 1835 |
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... sense , and a power of picturesque description which seldom fall to the lot of the wit or the satirist . Her story - telling powers are admirable . Who but her- self could infuse so much grace and shrewdness into so small a compass as ...
... sense , and a power of picturesque description which seldom fall to the lot of the wit or the satirist . Her story - telling powers are admirable . Who but her- self could infuse so much grace and shrewdness into so small a compass as ...
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... sense and profoundly philosophic temper of the present times . Of the numbers who study , or at least who read history , how few derive any advantage from their labours ! The heroes of history are so decked out by the fine fancy of the ...
... sense and profoundly philosophic temper of the present times . Of the numbers who study , or at least who read history , how few derive any advantage from their labours ! The heroes of history are so decked out by the fine fancy of the ...
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... sense of it to be , she returned thanks for this unexpected interposition in her favour when she had least reason to expect it . My master was greatly lamented ; there was no life in him when we lifted him off the barrow , so he was ...
... sense of it to be , she returned thanks for this unexpected interposition in her favour when she had least reason to expect it . My master was greatly lamented ; there was no life in him when we lifted him off the barrow , so he was ...
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... sense , " said she , and she put her handkerchief to her face , and leaned back upon Mrs. Jane , and fell to sobbing as if her heart would break.- - " Why now , Bella , this is very strange of you , " said my poor master ; " if nobody ...
... sense , " said she , and she put her handkerchief to her face , and leaned back upon Mrs. Jane , and fell to sobbing as if her heart would break.- - " Why now , Bella , this is very strange of you , " said my poor master ; " if nobody ...
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... sense , Thady , all the time we were in town in the winter . " - " Sure I could not get the glazier , ma'am , " says I .- " You might have stopped it up anyhow , " says she . - " So I did , ma'am , to the best of my ability ; one of the ...
... sense , Thady , all the time we were in town in the winter . " - " Sure I could not get the glazier , ma'am , " says I .- " You might have stopped it up anyhow , " says she . - " So I did , ma'am , to the best of my ability ; one of the ...
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Albert alderman appeared Archibald Mackenzie asked Augustus aunt better blunder brogue called Campbell's Carat Castle Rackrent Charles coachman Count Laniska cried dancing-master dear door English Englishman exclaimed eyes father favour Flora Forester Forester's geranium give guineas hand hear heard heart Henry Campbell hero Hibernian Holloway honour hope horse hostler Howard instant Ireland Irish bull Irishman Jason jaunting car John Bull Judy kilt king knew Lady Rackrent laugh learned little Oliver looked Lord Rawson MARIA EDGEWORTH master mean mind morning mulatto mulatto woman never night O'Mooney observed opinion Pasgrave person Phelim poor recollect replied Russell Sawney says Scotch reels semichorus Sir Condy Sir John Sir Murtagh Sir Philip soon speak Supine sure talk tell Thady thing thought tion told took vase Westminster school wish word write young gentleman
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Страница 168 - The ancient critics, therefore, who were acted by a spirit of candour rather than that of cavilling, invented certain figures of speech, on purpose to palliate little errors of this nature in the writings of those authors who had so many greater beauties to atone for them. If clearness and perspicuity were only to be consulted, the poet would have nothing else to do but to clothe his thoughts in the most plain and natural expressions.
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