Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Tom 9Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1827 |
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... head . These , these , are the situations that induce a man readily to acknowledge every fault he has committed , and which inspire him with confidence to come undismayed before the pub- lic ; since then he hears the voice only of the ...
... head . These , these , are the situations that induce a man readily to acknowledge every fault he has committed , and which inspire him with confidence to come undismayed before the pub- lic ; since then he hears the voice only of the ...
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... heads of the discourse , which , in truth , was usually a most vapid composi- tion . In winter , this task was performed with perish- ing fingers ' ends ; and in summer , when the weather was bright and serene , with an anxious longing ...
... heads of the discourse , which , in truth , was usually a most vapid composi- tion . In winter , this task was performed with perish- ing fingers ' ends ; and in summer , when the weather was bright and serene , with an anxious longing ...
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... heads of the other spectators . The curtain drew up : I was all eyes , all ears . Not a word , a look , or an attitude , escaped me . I was impatient if any one of the audience coughed or blew his nose . I absolutely stamped with my ...
... heads of the other spectators . The curtain drew up : I was all eyes , all ears . Not a word , a look , or an attitude , escaped me . I was impatient if any one of the audience coughed or blew his nose . I absolutely stamped with my ...
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... head of his profession . I undertook the part of Anselmo , and perorated it with all the fire of my ardent imagination . · I mentioned above , the grand pantomimical ballets . These were performed in a very superb style at Weimar . With ...
... head of his profession . I undertook the part of Anselmo , and perorated it with all the fire of my ardent imagination . · I mentioned above , the grand pantomimical ballets . These were performed in a very superb style at Weimar . With ...
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... head was already " sil- vered o'er with age , ” said , with all the gallantry of a knight errant in the good old days of chivalry , " But if you , madam , would be so obliging as to stand in the back - ground , we should have no ...
... head was already " sil- vered o'er with age , ” said , with all the gallantry of a knight errant in the good old days of chivalry , " But if you , madam , would be so obliging as to stand in the back - ground , we should have no ...
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