Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1822 |
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... Don Juan . But to extirpate antithesis from literature altogether , would be to destroy at one stroke about eight - tenths of all the wit , ancient and modern , now existing in the world ; and I fancy we shall never have the same excuse ...
... Don Juan . But to extirpate antithesis from literature altogether , would be to destroy at one stroke about eight - tenths of all the wit , ancient and modern , now existing in the world ; and I fancy we shall never have the same excuse ...
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... Don Juan . Aut minus impurus , minus aut jucundus , adesto , Et minus exundans felle , minusve sale ; Et culpare tuam , piget et laudare , Camœnam , Materiem , Dæmon struxit ; --- Apollo , Modos . TRANSLATION . Or less impure , or less ...
... Don Juan . Aut minus impurus , minus aut jucundus , adesto , Et minus exundans felle , minusve sale ; Et culpare tuam , piget et laudare , Camœnam , Materiem , Dæmon struxit ; --- Apollo , Modos . TRANSLATION . Or less impure , or less ...
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Charles Caleb Colton. 1 Swedis 2 + I Remarks 1 ON DON JUAN . a T t . } Ir has been asked why this very extraordinary Poem of Don Juan remains unnoticed , by those on whom this office more peculiarly devolves : The reasons are known , by ...
Charles Caleb Colton. 1 Swedis 2 + I Remarks 1 ON DON JUAN . a T t . } Ir has been asked why this very extraordinary Poem of Don Juan remains unnoticed , by those on whom this office more peculiarly devolves : The reasons are known , by ...
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... Don Juan , in case the two before us should be favourably re- ceived by the public , I shall relate a little anecdote in hopes that he will profit by the hint it contains . The witty lady L. on being reproved by some one , for having . Don ...
... Don Juan , in case the two before us should be favourably re- ceived by the public , I shall relate a little anecdote in hopes that he will profit by the hint it contains . The witty lady L. on being reproved by some one , for having . Don ...
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