Table-talk; Or, Original Essays, Volume 2A. and W. Galignani, 1825 |
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... ... ... 158 XIX . On vulgarity and affectation ... 189 XX . On antiquity .... XXI . On the Regal Character ....... 243 219 On the Conduct of life : or Advice to a schoolboy .... 259 ESSAY XII . ON THE FEAR OF DEATH . "
... ... ... 158 XIX . On vulgarity and affectation ... 189 XX . On antiquity .... XXI . On the Regal Character ....... 243 219 On the Conduct of life : or Advice to a schoolboy .... 259 ESSAY XII . ON THE FEAR OF DEATH . "
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... vulgar , so dry and inanimate ! There is something like injustice in this preference --but no ! it is a tribute to the spirit that is in the man . Mr. Northcote's manner is com- pletely extempore . It is just the reverse of Mr ...
... vulgar , so dry and inanimate ! There is something like injustice in this preference --but no ! it is a tribute to the spirit that is in the man . Mr. Northcote's manner is com- pletely extempore . It is just the reverse of Mr ...
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... vulgar ; and he then turns round and vents his chagrin and disappointment on those more attractive , but ( as he conceives ) super- ficial studies , which cost less labour and pa- tience to understand them , and are of so much less use ...
... vulgar ; and he then turns round and vents his chagrin and disappointment on those more attractive , but ( as he conceives ) super- ficial studies , which cost less labour and pa- tience to understand them , and are of so much less use ...
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... vulgar prejudice . Lord Ogleby , in the Clandestine Marriage , is as crazy a piece of elegance and refinement , even after he is " wound up for the day , " as can well be imagined ; yet in the hands of a genuine actor , his tottering ...
... vulgar prejudice . Lord Ogleby , in the Clandestine Marriage , is as crazy a piece of elegance and refinement , even after he is " wound up for the day , " as can well be imagined ; yet in the hands of a genuine actor , his tottering ...
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... vulgarity by a cross in the breed , or a foppish air in a young tradesman by his grandmother's marriage with a dancing - ma- ster , and are the only practical conjurors and expert decypherers of the determinate VOL . II . 8 - lines of ...
... vulgarity by a cross in the breed , or a foppish air in a young tradesman by his grandmother's marriage with a dancing - ma- ster , and are the only practical conjurors and expert decypherers of the determinate VOL . II . 8 - lines of ...
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abstract admiration affectation amusement appearance artists Assaracus beauty better Boccacio character circumstances Cobourg common contempt Correggio death delight despise Don Quixote effeminacy equal ESSAY excellence exer fame fancy fashion favourite feel genius genteel gentleman give graceful habit hand handful of dust Hinchinbroke House of Lords human idea idle ignorant imagination King knight labour lady laugh less live look Lord Lord Castlereagh manner mind nature ness never Northcote object opinion ourselves paint painter passion perhaps person picture pleasure poet prejudice pretensions pride profes profession pursuit racter Raphael reason refinement seems sense sentiment shew smile speak spirit suppose talk taste Tatler thing thou thought tion Titian Tom Jones Tristram Shandy TROILUS AND CRESSIDA truth ture turn vanity vulgar wish withal word write