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Page 106
... told him at the same time , that it might be altered with a very few touches , and that he himself would be at the charge of it . Accordingly , they got a painter by the knight's directions to add a pair of whiskers to the face , and by ...
... told him at the same time , that it might be altered with a very few touches , and that he himself would be at the charge of it . Accordingly , they got a painter by the knight's directions to add a pair of whiskers to the face , and by ...
Page 107
... told me that his master came to town last night , and would be glad to take a turn with me in Gray's Inn walks . As I was wondering in myself what had brought Sir Roger to town , not having lately received any letter from him , he told ...
... told me that his master came to town last night , and would be glad to take a turn with me in Gray's Inn walks . As I was wondering in myself what had brought Sir Roger to town , not having lately received any letter from him , he told ...
Page 258
... told a story half so well , nor so well knew what was capable of being told by the pencil . He seized on , and struck off with grace and precision , just that point of view which would be likely to catch the reader's fancy . There is a ...
... told a story half so well , nor so well knew what was capable of being told by the pencil . He seized on , and struck off with grace and precision , just that point of view which would be likely to catch the reader's fancy . There is a ...
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Abraham Newland admirable beautiful better called character Chioggia church colour Dante delight dinner drama Elena Elizabethan Era English face fancy feel fellow French Gaiety Theatre genius gentlemen Gerado give Goldsmith gondola grace Grand Canal hand head hear heart Hernani honour humour imagination Irenĉus kind lady laugh learned live look Malamocco Malebranche matter Messer mind Molière morning murder nature never Nicolas Poussin night observed Oliver Goldsmith once painted passed passion perhaps person picture play pleasure poem poet poetry poor round Sarah Bernhardt seems sense Shakespeare Sicarii Sir Roger sleep sort soul speak spirit style sweet talk taste tell theatre things thought Tintoretto tion Toad-in-the-hole told town true truth turn Venice verse Victor Hugo walk whist whole wonder words write young
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 |