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Page 95
... conversation , and so long had he been accustomed to live by chance , that he would at any time go to the tavern without scruple , and trust for the reckoning to the liberality of his company , and frequently of company to whom he was ...
... conversation , and so long had he been accustomed to live by chance , that he would at any time go to the tavern without scruple , and trust for the reckoning to the liberality of his company , and frequently of company to whom he was ...
Page 130
... conversation could not compensate : for what trader would purchase such airy satisfaction by the loss of solid gain ? -which must be the consequence of midnight merriment , as those hours which were gained at night were generally lost ...
... conversation could not compensate : for what trader would purchase such airy satisfaction by the loss of solid gain ? -which must be the consequence of midnight merriment , as those hours which were gained at night were generally lost ...
Page 369
... conversation was elegant and easy . The rest of his character may , without injury to his memory , sink into silence . As a writer , he cannot be placed in any high class . There is no species of composition in which he was eminent ...
... conversation was elegant and easy . The rest of his character may , without injury to his memory , sink into silence . As a writer , he cannot be placed in any high class . There is no species of composition in which he was eminent ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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