The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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Page 94
... France , Deprived of its fleshy ridge , He'd raise up a nasal bridge . Now my genius is not so precocious As that of Dr. Tagliacotius , For I only profess to be versed in the art of dontology ; To make you a nose " C'est toute autre ...
... France , Deprived of its fleshy ridge , He'd raise up a nasal bridge . Now my genius is not so precocious As that of Dr. Tagliacotius , For I only profess to be versed in the art of dontology ; To make you a nose " C'est toute autre ...
Page 108
... France were the regions of my choice ; and my first glean- ings of literature were gathered on the banks of that mighty stream so faithfully characterised by Burdigala's native poet Ausonius , in his classic enumeration : " Lentus Arar ...
... France were the regions of my choice ; and my first glean- ings of literature were gathered on the banks of that mighty stream so faithfully characterised by Burdigala's native poet Ausonius , in his classic enumeration : " Lentus Arar ...
Page 110
... France , than when he personated the fury - driven maniac of Euripides , revived on the French stage by the muse of Voltaire . We know that among rude and untutored nations madness is of rare occurrence , and its in- stances few indeed ...
... France , than when he personated the fury - driven maniac of Euripides , revived on the French stage by the muse of Voltaire . We know that among rude and untutored nations madness is of rare occurrence , and its in- stances few indeed ...
Page 119
... previously from those who at that period died away . Gay , his bosom friend , had died in December , 1732 ; Bolingbroke had retired to France in 1734 ; Pope was become a hypochondriac from bodily DEAN SWIFT'S MADNESS . 119.
... previously from those who at that period died away . Gay , his bosom friend , had died in December , 1732 ; Bolingbroke had retired to France in 1734 ; Pope was become a hypochondriac from bodily DEAN SWIFT'S MADNESS . 119.
Page 121
... France is the best branch of our commerce . " 66 And in his " Proposal for the Use of Irish Manufactures , " which was prosecuted by the government of the day , and described by the learned judge who sent the case to the jury as a plot ...
... France is the best branch of our commerce . " 66 And in his " Proposal for the Use of Irish Manufactures , " which was prosecuted by the government of the day , and described by the learned judge who sent the case to the jury as a plot ...
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