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" This place is very much altered since Mr. Dry•den frequented it, where you used to see songs, epigrams, and satires, in the hands of every man you met, you have now only a pack of cards; and instead of the cavils about the turn of the expression, the... "
Clubs and Club Life in London: With Anecdotes of Its Famous Coffee Houses ... - Page 318
by John Timbs - 1872 - 544 pages
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 1

Great Britain - 1710 - 454 pages
...very much altered fince Mr. Dryden frequented it; where you ufed to fee Songs, Epigrams, and Satyrs, in the Hands of every Man you met, you have now only a Pack of Cards ; and inftead of tlie Cavils about the Turn of the Expreffion, the Elegance of the Style, and the like, the...
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Volume 1

Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1712 - 398 pages
...very much altered nnce Mr. Drydtn frequented it ; where you ufed to fee Smgt, Epigrams, and Satyrs, in the Hands of every Man you met, you have now only a Pack of Cards ; and inuead of the Cavils about the Turn of the Exprcffion, the Elegance of the Style, and the like, the...
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The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; ...

Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - England - 1774 - 346 pages
...very much altered fince Mr. DryJcu frequented it; where you ufed to fee Songs, Epigrams, and Satire:, in the hands of every man you met, you have now only a pack of cards ; and inftead of the cavils about the turn of the expreffion, the elegance of the ftile, and the like, the...
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 1

Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1786 - 516 pages
...and found. 1 his place is very much altered fince Mr. DRY DEN frequented it ; where you ufed to fee Songs, Epigrams, and Satires, in the hands of every...man 'you met, you have now only a pack of cards; and inftead of the cavils about the turn of the expreffion, the elegance of the ftyle, and the like, the...
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The Tatler, Volume 1

English essays - 1803 - 410 pages
...in favour of dress and sound. This place is very much altered since Mr. Dryden frequented it; where you used to see songs, epigrams, and satires, in the...learned now dispute only about the truth of the game. But however the company is altered, all have shewn a great respect for Mr. Betterton: and the very...
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The British Essayists: The Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1803 - 496 pages
...in favour of dress and sound. This place is very much altered since Mr. Drydcn frequented it ; where you used to see songs, epigrams, and satires, in the...learned now dispute only about the truth of the game. But however the company is altered, all have shown a great respect for Mr Betterton : and the very...
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The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1809 - 382 pages
...in favour of dress and sound. This place is very much altered since Mr. Dryden frequented it ; where you used to see songs, epigrams, and satires, in the...; and instead of the cavils about the turn of the expressjon, die elegance of the style, and the like, the learned now dispute only about the truth of...
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The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface ..., Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 390 pages
...in favour ofdress and sound. This place is very much altered since Mr. Dryden frequented it; where you used to see songs, epigrams, and satires, in the...learned now dispute only about the truth of the game. But however the company is altered, all have shown a great respect for Mr. Betterton : and the very...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 372 pages
...in favour of dress and sound. This place is very much altered since Mr. Dryden frequented it; where you used to see songs, epigrams, and satires, in the...learned now dispute only about the truth of the game. But however the company is altered, all have shown a great respect for Mr. Betterton : and the very...
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The Guardian: Complete in One Volume, with Notes, and a General Index

English essays - 1829 - 804 pages
...in favour of dress and sound. This place is very much altered since Mr. Dryden frequented it ; where you used to see songs, epigrams, and satires, in the...learned now dispute only about the truth of the game. But however the company is altered, all have shewn a great respect for Mr. Betterton ; and the very...
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