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... Peter . The atten- tion that these audacious satires of the thea- tre , the actors , and their audience attracted is evidence of the literary poverty of the period . The letters are open imitations of the " Spectator " and the " Tatler ...
... Peter . The atten- tion that these audacious satires of the thea- tre , the actors , and their audience attracted is evidence of the literary poverty of the period . The letters are open imitations of the " Spectator " and the " Tatler ...
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... Peter Irving . The saving influence for all of them was the re- fined households they frequented and the as- sociation of women who were high - spirited without prudery , and who united purity and simplicity with wit , vivacity , and ...
... Peter Irving . The saving influence for all of them was the re- fined households they frequented and the as- sociation of women who were high - spirited without prudery , and who united purity and simplicity with wit , vivacity , and ...
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... Peter projected the work that was to make him famous . At first nothing more was intended than a satire upon the " Picture of New York , " by Dr. Samuel Mitchell , just then published . It was be- gun as a mere burlesque upon pedantry ...
... Peter projected the work that was to make him famous . At first nothing more was intended than a satire upon the " Picture of New York , " by Dr. Samuel Mitchell , just then published . It was be- gun as a mere burlesque upon pedantry ...
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... Peter Irving , who was then in Edinburgh , was impressed with the brilliant talent of the editor of the " Review , " disguised as it was by affectation , but he said he " would not give the Minstrel for a wilderness of Jeffreys . " The ...
... Peter Irving , who was then in Edinburgh , was impressed with the brilliant talent of the editor of the " Review , " disguised as it was by affectation , but he said he " would not give the Minstrel for a wilderness of Jeffreys . " The ...
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... Peter continued to be an invalid , and Washington himself , never robust , felt the pressure more and more of the irksome and unprosperous business affairs . Of his own want of health , however , he never com- plains ; he maintains a ...
... Peter continued to be an invalid , and Washington himself , never robust , felt the pressure more and more of the irksome and unprosperous business affairs . Of his own want of health , however , he never com- plains ; he maintains a ...
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