The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 130
... thing than a mere 1 Tatler , No. 142. According to the author of a lively rattling book , conversant with the furniture of old times , Arbuthnot was a great amateur in sticks . My uncle ' , says he , ' was universally allowed to be as ...
... thing than a mere 1 Tatler , No. 142. According to the author of a lively rattling book , conversant with the furniture of old times , Arbuthnot was a great amateur in sticks . My uncle ' , says he , ' was universally allowed to be as ...
Page 278
... things in this fair way , Barebones himself may come to see a play.1 The epilogue , which consists of but twelve lines , is in the same strain of apology ' . And how do you like her ; Come , what is't ye drive at ? She's the same thing ...
... things in this fair way , Barebones himself may come to see a play.1 The epilogue , which consists of but twelve lines , is in the same strain of apology ' . And how do you like her ; Come , what is't ye drive at ? She's the same thing ...
Page 323
... thing is most certain , and Beck Marshall only privy to it , and the means of bringing them together : which is a very odd thing ; and by this means she is even with the King's love to Mrs. Davies . ' 28th ( April 1668 ) . To the ...
... thing is most certain , and Beck Marshall only privy to it , and the means of bringing them together : which is a very odd thing ; and by this means she is even with the King's love to Mrs. Davies . ' 28th ( April 1668 ) . To the ...
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