The Wits and Beaux of SocietyJ. Hogg, 1860 - 580 pages |
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... whilst a biographer is bound to give the fair as well as the dark side of his subject , he has still to remember that biography is a trust , and that it should not be an eulogium . It is his duty to reflect that in many instances it ...
... whilst a biographer is bound to give the fair as well as the dark side of his subject , he has still to remember that biography is a trust , and that it should not be an eulogium . It is his duty to reflect that in many instances it ...
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... whilst he thus turned the Roundheads , as it were , off the ocean ; and how he walked here and there , up and down , ( quite contrary to what Samuel Pepys expected , ' ) and fell into discourse of his escape from Worcester , and made ...
... whilst he thus turned the Roundheads , as it were , off the ocean ; and how he walked here and there , up and down , ( quite contrary to what Samuel Pepys expected , ' ) and fell into discourse of his escape from Worcester , and made ...
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... Whilst thus a gallant of the court and camp , the young nobleman proved himself to be no less brave than witty . Juvenile as he was , with a brother still younger , they fought on the royalist side at Lichfield , in the storming of the ...
... Whilst thus a gallant of the court and camp , the young nobleman proved himself to be no less brave than witty . Juvenile as he was , with a brother still younger , they fought on the royalist side at Lichfield , in the storming of the ...
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... Whilst at St. Neot's , the house in which Villiers had taken refuge was surrounded with soldiers . He had a stout heart , and a dexterous hand ; he took his resolution ; rushed out upon his foes , killed the officer in command ...
... Whilst at St. Neot's , the house in which Villiers had taken refuge was surrounded with soldiers . He had a stout heart , and a dexterous hand ; he took his resolution ; rushed out upon his foes , killed the officer in command ...
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... Whilst all the other Cavaliers were forced to fly , he thus bearded his enemies in their very homes : some- times he talked to them face to face , and kept the sanc- timonious citizens in talk , till they found themselves sin- fully ...
... Whilst all the other Cavaliers were forced to fly , he thus bearded his enemies in their very homes : some- times he talked to them face to face , and kept the sanc- timonious citizens in talk , till they found themselves sin- fully ...
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