Journal of a Voyage to LisbonCambridge University Press, 1913 - 116 páginas |
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... sure probably to its author's earlier practice in writing for the stage . But its plot is by no means the measure of its greatness . Fielding draws his characters from first - hand knowledge , and his wit , says Thackeray , " lightens ...
... sure probably to its author's earlier practice in writing for the stage . But its plot is by no means the measure of its greatness . Fielding draws his characters from first - hand knowledge , and his wit , says Thackeray , " lightens ...
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... sure it may well be so considered in a work founded like this , on truth ; and where the political reflections form so distinguishing a part . But perhaps I may hear , from some critic of the most saturnine complexion , that my vanity ...
... sure it may well be so considered in a work founded like this , on truth ; and where the political reflections form so distinguishing a part . But perhaps I may hear , from some critic of the most saturnine complexion , that my vanity ...
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... sure of accomplishing the moment I was enabled to pay a fellow who had undertaken , for a small sum , to betray them into the hands of a set of thief - takers whom I had enlisted into the service , all men of known and approved fidelity ...
... sure of accomplishing the moment I was enabled to pay a fellow who had undertaken , for a small sum , to betray them into the hands of a set of thief - takers whom I had enlisted into the service , all men of known and approved fidelity ...
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... sure I had as much as any man could do . The truth is , the fees are so very low , when any are due , and so much is done for nothing , that if a single justice of peace had business enough to employ twenty clerks , neither he nor they ...
... sure I had as much as any man could do . The truth is , the fees are so very low , when any are due , and so much is done for nothing , that if a single justice of peace had business enough to employ twenty clerks , neither he nor they ...
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... sure of seeing by the way , there is nothing to equal it in all the rivers of the world . The yards of Deptford and of Woolwich are noble sights ; and give us a just idea of the great perfection to which we are arrived in building those ...
... sure of seeing by the way , there is nothing to equal it in all the rivers of the world . The yards of Deptford and of Woolwich are noble sights ; and give us a just idea of the great perfection to which we are arrived in building those ...
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