Selected English EssaysWilliam Peacock |
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Page 87
... sort of discourse with which men usually entertain women . He has all his life dressed very well , and remembers habits as others do men . He can smile when one speaks to him , and laughs easily . He knows the history of every mode ...
... sort of discourse with which men usually entertain women . He has all his life dressed very well , and remembers habits as others do men . He can smile when one speaks to him , and laughs easily . He knows the history of every mode ...
Page 416
... sort of amende , and is off . The boys , with Bob and me at their head , are after him : down Niddry Street he goes , bent on mischief ; up the Cowgate like an arrow -Bob and I , and our small men , panting behind . There , under the ...
... sort of amende , and is off . The boys , with Bob and me at their head , are after him : down Niddry Street he goes , bent on mischief ; up the Cowgate like an arrow -Bob and I , and our small men , panting behind . There , under the ...
Page 472
... sort of poetic power was wanting to him . And if the highest sort of poetic power had been not wanting to him but present , he would have found no adequate form of dramatic verse for conveying it , he would have had to create one . For ...
... sort of poetic power was wanting to him . And if the highest sort of poetic power had been not wanting to him but present , he would have found no adequate form of dramatic verse for conveying it , he would have had to create one . For ...
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References to this book
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener No preview available - 1989 |
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener Limited preview - 1989 |