The Adventures of a Dramatist on a Journey to the London Managers: In Two VolumesLackington, Allen and Company ... and sold, 1813 - 204 |
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... person , whose good will it is his inter- est to conciliate , with his best apparel he puts on his best behaviour ; discord- ant opinions are carefully suppressed ; smiles enliven his countenance his assenting voice is modulated to ...
... person , whose good will it is his inter- est to conciliate , with his best apparel he puts on his best behaviour ; discord- ant opinions are carefully suppressed ; smiles enliven his countenance his assenting voice is modulated to ...
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... person hastened to open the gate , the carriage went through and was soon up to the house . My man , without in the least noticing me , alighted , and scarcely attending to the enquiries of his family , that were by this time crowding ...
... person hastened to open the gate , the carriage went through and was soon up to the house . My man , without in the least noticing me , alighted , and scarcely attending to the enquiries of his family , that were by this time crowding ...
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... person , I assure you , was no disparagement.- Short and thick was his stature ; his large head , almost globular , wore a co- vering of coarse , black , shining , straight hair , cut round somewhat below his ears : beneath a broad ...
... person , I assure you , was no disparagement.- Short and thick was his stature ; his large head , almost globular , wore a co- vering of coarse , black , shining , straight hair , cut round somewhat below his ears : beneath a broad ...
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... two gentlemen of the same religious persuasion exhibited in their persons and gestures . The one , by melancholy and morti- fication almost worn to skin and bone , sat erect and motionless , both his hands resting on 43.
... two gentlemen of the same religious persuasion exhibited in their persons and gestures . The one , by melancholy and morti- fication almost worn to skin and bone , sat erect and motionless , both his hands resting on 43.
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... person , able to carry himself , can feel pride in being jolted about as if we were so much lumber . " " All this may be very true , said he contemptuously ; but , Sir , these notions are good only for those who can't afford to pay for ...
... person , able to carry himself , can feel pride in being jolted about as if we were so much lumber . " " All this may be very true , said he contemptuously ; but , Sir , these notions are good only for those who can't afford to pay for ...
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