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... whole play ; nothing pleases the people more than seeing a straw balanced : there is a great deal of meaning in a straw : there is some- thing suited to every apprehension in the sight ; and a fellow possessed of talents like these is ...
... whole play ; nothing pleases the people more than seeing a straw balanced : there is a great deal of meaning in a straw : there is some- thing suited to every apprehension in the sight ; and a fellow possessed of talents like these is ...
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... whole court , towns- folk , strangers , reporters , and all present - without leaving the box , or any manner of consultation whatever , they brought in a simultaneous verdict of Not Guilty . The judge , who was a shrewd fellow , winked ...
... whole court , towns- folk , strangers , reporters , and all present - without leaving the box , or any manner of consultation whatever , they brought in a simultaneous verdict of Not Guilty . The judge , who was a shrewd fellow , winked ...
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... whole onion tribe . Barbecue your whole hogs to your palate , steep them in shalots , stuff them out with plantations of the rank and guilty garlic ; you cannot poison them , or make them stronger than they are - but consider , he is a ...
... whole onion tribe . Barbecue your whole hogs to your palate , steep them in shalots , stuff them out with plantations of the rank and guilty garlic ; you cannot poison them , or make them stronger than they are - but consider , he is a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
OLIVER GOLDSMITH | 11 |
An Evening at Vauxhall | 27 |
Copyright | |
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