Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Tom 1Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1830 |
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... sides in his own day ; but notwithstanding the too rancorous satire of Pope , that he was a coxcomb of talent is now as generally agreed . In fact , the vanity of this man of the stage and of the world was of that constitutionally ...
... sides in his own day ; but notwithstanding the too rancorous satire of Pope , that he was a coxcomb of talent is now as generally agreed . In fact , the vanity of this man of the stage and of the world was of that constitutionally ...
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... side , that were all men to blush that are not wise , I am afraid nine parts in ten of the world ought to be out of countenance : but since that sort of modesty is what they do not care to come into , why should I be afraid of being ...
... side , that were all men to blush that are not wise , I am afraid nine parts in ten of the world ought to be out of countenance : but since that sort of modesty is what they do not care to come into , why should I be afraid of being ...
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... side than his own . The only advantage he makes of his superiority of rank is , that by always waving it himself , his inferior finds he is under the greater obli- gation not to forget it . When the conduct of social wit is under such ...
... side than his own . The only advantage he makes of his superiority of rank is , that by always waving it himself , his inferior finds he is under the greater obli- gation not to forget it . When the conduct of social wit is under such ...
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... side of the question , ) his last resource is to join in the laugh , till he has got himself off by an ironical applause of your superiority . If I were capable of envy , what I have observed of this gentleman would certainly incline me ...
... side of the question , ) his last resource is to join in the laugh , till he has got himself off by an ironical applause of your superiority . If I were capable of envy , what I have observed of this gentleman would certainly incline me ...
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... side , whenever ridicule and folly are at variance . But when a person satirized is used with the extremest rigour , he may sometimes meet with compassion instead of contempt , and throw back the odium that was designed for him , upon ...
... side , whenever ridicule and folly are at variance . But when a person satirized is used with the extremest rigour , he may sometimes meet with compassion instead of contempt , and throw back the odium that was designed for him , upon ...
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