The British Essayists: The SpectatorLittle, Brown, 1866 - English essays |
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Page 15
... eyes were burning - glasses : men that had hearts of fire , and women that had breasts of snow . It would be endless to describe several monsters of the like nature , that composed this great army ; NO . 63 . 15 SPECTATOR .
... eyes were burning - glasses : men that had hearts of fire , and women that had breasts of snow . It would be endless to describe several monsters of the like nature , that composed this great army ; NO . 63 . 15 SPECTATOR .
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... she ridicules her air in taking leave , and cries , ' In what struggle is my poor mother yonder ! See , see , her head tottering , her eyes staring , and her under lip trembling . ' But all this is NO . 65 . 23 SPECTATOR .
... she ridicules her air in taking leave , and cries , ' In what struggle is my poor mother yonder ! See , see , her head tottering , her eyes staring , and her under lip trembling . ' But all this is NO . 65 . 23 SPECTATOR .
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... eyes serve her yet only to see with , and she is utterly a fo- reigner to the language of looks and glances . In this I fancy you could help her better than anybody . I have bestowed two months in teaching her to sigh when she is not ...
... eyes serve her yet only to see with , and she is utterly a fo- reigner to the language of looks and glances . In this I fancy you could help her better than anybody . I have bestowed two months in teaching her to sigh when she is not ...
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... eyes are so chastised with the simplicity and innocence of her thoughts , that she raises in her beholders admiration and good will , but no loose hope or wild imagination . The true art in this case is , to make the mind and body im ...
... eyes are so chastised with the simplicity and innocence of her thoughts , that she raises in her beholders admiration and good will , but no loose hope or wild imagination . The true art in this case is , to make the mind and body im ...
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... eyes , and convincing them that he has the perfect use of all his limbs . But as this kind of dance is the particular inven- tion of our own country , and as every one is more or less a proficient in it , I would not discountenance it ...
... eyes , and convincing them that he has the perfect use of all his limbs . But as this kind of dance is the particular inven- tion of our own country , and as every one is more or less a proficient in it , I would not discountenance it ...
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