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Page xiv
... better reading than their works . It would be hard to explain why the lives of men so querulous , so affected , so centred in self , so averse to the probing of criticism , so blind to the smallness of their fame as most authors stand ...
... better reading than their works . It would be hard to explain why the lives of men so querulous , so affected , so centred in self , so averse to the probing of criticism , so blind to the smallness of their fame as most authors stand ...
Page xxii
... the two original editions of the Essays . The spelling is often quaint , sometimes wrong , but always Lamb's , and there- fore better than anybody else's . ٢٤ Cε Brock R EADER , in thy passage from the xxii INTRODUCTION Tailpiece- do.
... the two original editions of the Essays . The spelling is often quaint , sometimes wrong , but always Lamb's , and there- fore better than anybody else's . ٢٤ Cε Brock R EADER , in thy passage from the xxii INTRODUCTION Tailpiece- do.
Page 4
... better library , —are very agreeable and edifying spectacles . I can look upon these defunct dragons with complacency . Thy heavy , odd - shaped ivory - handled penknives ( our ancestors had every thing on a larger scale than we have ...
... better library , —are very agreeable and edifying spectacles . I can look upon these defunct dragons with complacency . Thy heavy , odd - shaped ivory - handled penknives ( our ancestors had every thing on a larger scale than we have ...
Page 13
... better than such as at first sight seems most abhorrent from his beloved studies ) —to while away some good hours of my time in the contemplation of indigos , cottons , raw silks , piece - goods , flowered or otherwise . In the first ...
... better than such as at first sight seems most abhorrent from his beloved studies ) —to while away some good hours of my time in the contemplation of indigos , cottons , raw silks , piece - goods , flowered or otherwise . In the first ...
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... defalcation of Iscariot - so much did we love to keep holy memories sacred : -only methought I a little grudged at the coalition of the better Jude with Simon - clubbing ( as it were ) their sanctities 14 OXFORD IN THE VACATION.
... defalcation of Iscariot - so much did we love to keep holy memories sacred : -only methought I a little grudged at the coalition of the better Jude with Simon - clubbing ( as it were ) their sanctities 14 OXFORD IN THE VACATION.
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