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He speaks of them with enthusiasm and with discrimination ; and sometimes
dwells with peculiar delight on a day passed at John Kemble ' s in company with
Mr . Sheridan , Mr . Curran , Mrs . Wolstonecraft and Mrs . Inchbald , when the ...
He speaks of them with enthusiasm and with discrimination ; and sometimes
dwells with peculiar delight on a day passed at John Kemble ' s in company with
Mr . Sheridan , Mr . Curran , Mrs . Wolstonecraft and Mrs . Inchbald , when the ...
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At sixteen he wrote his Ode on Chatterton , and he still reverts to that period with
delight , not so much as it relates to himself ( for that string of his own early
promise of fame rather jars than otherwise ) but as exemplifying the youth of a
poet .
At sixteen he wrote his Ode on Chatterton , and he still reverts to that period with
delight , not so much as it relates to himself ( for that string of his own early
promise of fame rather jars than otherwise ) but as exemplifying the youth of a
poet .
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People go to hear him in crowds , and come away with a mixture of delight and
astonishment - - they go again to see if the effect will continue , and send others
to try to find out the mysterymand in the noisy conflict between extravagant ...
People go to hear him in crowds , and come away with a mixture of delight and
astonishment - - they go again to see if the effect will continue , and send others
to try to find out the mysterymand in the noisy conflict between extravagant ...
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He generally ranged himself on the losing side ; and had rather an ill - natured
delight in contradiction , and in perplexing the understandings of others , without
leaving them any clue to guide them out of the labyrinth into which he had led ...
He generally ranged himself on the losing side ; and had rather an ill - natured
delight in contradiction , and in perplexing the understandings of others , without
leaving them any clue to guide them out of the labyrinth into which he had led ...
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Mr . Tooke , as a political leader , belonged to the class of trimmers ; or at most , it
was his delight to make mischief and spoil sport . He would rather be against
himself than for any body else . He was neither a bold nor a 116 THE SPIRIT OF
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Mr . Tooke , as a political leader , belonged to the class of trimmers ; or at most , it
was his delight to make mischief and spoil sport . He would rather be against
himself than for any body else . He was neither a bold nor a 116 THE SPIRIT OF
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