Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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Page 153
... Lord Carlisle , and the Lord March who is better known as Duke of Queensberry , almost always write to ' My dear George ' , though they occasionally deviate into ' Dear Selwyn ' and even ' Dear Sir ' . To many other correspondents ...
... Lord Carlisle , and the Lord March who is better known as Duke of Queensberry , almost always write to ' My dear George ' , though they occasionally deviate into ' Dear Selwyn ' and even ' Dear Sir ' . To many other correspondents ...
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... Lord Auchinleck , Ramsay gives an account of the window- breaking which is circumstantial and plausible . But of course it does not say that Boswell broke his father's windows , for the good reason that Lord Auchinleck , who had voted ...
... Lord Auchinleck , Ramsay gives an account of the window- breaking which is circumstantial and plausible . But of course it does not say that Boswell broke his father's windows , for the good reason that Lord Auchinleck , who had voted ...
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... Lord Orville , is found by him stealing home from an apparently compromising interview with Mr. Macartney ! ... I have reason to believe Lord Orville , from the parlour - window , saw me tottering along ; for , before I had taken five ...
... Lord Orville , is found by him stealing home from an apparently compromising interview with Mr. Macartney ! ... I have reason to believe Lord Orville , from the parlour - window , saw me tottering along ; for , before I had taken five ...
Contents
THE CONCISENESS OF SWIFT HERBERT DAVIS Smith College | 33 |
THE INSPIRATION OF POPES POETRY JOHN BUTT Bedford | 65 |
WHERE ONCE STOOD THEIR PLAIN HOMELY DWELL | 80 |
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