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Page 20
... feelings of a father in such a predicament , ' till I hear she's gotten ower with it — and if you , sir , are not very sleepy , and would do me and the Dominie the honour to sit up wi ' us , I am sure we will not detain you very late ...
... feelings of a father in such a predicament , ' till I hear she's gotten ower with it — and if you , sir , are not very sleepy , and would do me and the Dominie the honour to sit up wi ' us , I am sure we will not detain you very late ...
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... feelings , so exqui- sitely expressed by a modern poet : ' For fable is Love's world , his home , his birth - place , Delightfully dwells he ' mong fays and talismans , And spirits , and delightfully believes Divinities , being himself ...
... feelings , so exqui- sitely expressed by a modern poet : ' For fable is Love's world , his home , his birth - place , Delightfully dwells he ' mong fays and talismans , And spirits , and delightfully believes Divinities , being himself ...
Page 32
... feeling surprise at a coinci- dence so singular and unexpected . Does the devil mingle in the dance , to avenge himself for our tri- fling with an art said to be of magical origin ? Or is it possible , as Bacon and Sir Thomas Browne ...
... feeling surprise at a coinci- dence so singular and unexpected . Does the devil mingle in the dance , to avenge himself for our tri- fling with an art said to be of magical origin ? Or is it possible , as Bacon and Sir Thomas Browne ...
Page 36
... feeling , that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the exact impression of an ancient sybil . She sat upon a broken corner - stone in the angle of a paved apartment , part of which she had swept clean to afford a ...
... feeling , that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the exact impression of an ancient sybil . She sat upon a broken corner - stone in the angle of a paved apartment , part of which she had swept clean to afford a ...
Page 38
... feelings easily combined with a familiar fondness towards those who inspire them . But the boyish frolicks , the exulting high spirits , the unreflecting mirth of a sailor when enjoying himself on shore , temper the most formi- dable ...
... feelings easily combined with a familiar fondness towards those who inspire them . But the boyish frolicks , the exulting high spirits , the unreflecting mirth of a sailor when enjoying himself on shore , temper the most formi- dable ...
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