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Page xvi
... character . Baffled , beaten , and disappointed , they fall back . An occasional intoxication which hurt no one but himself , which blinded him to no duty , which led him into no extravagance , which in no way interfered with the ...
... character . Baffled , beaten , and disappointed , they fall back . An occasional intoxication which hurt no one but himself , which blinded him to no duty , which led him into no extravagance , which in no way interfered with the ...
Page xx
... character . His letters to Coleridge are severe , ascetical . He forswore poetry and amusements , even such as were in the reach of a poor boy of twenty - one maintaining a household on an income of £ 180 . This wore off , and Lamb ...
... character . His letters to Coleridge are severe , ascetical . He forswore poetry and amusements , even such as were in the reach of a poor boy of twenty - one maintaining a household on an income of £ 180 . This wore off , and Lamb ...
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... character in the world , and him- self the greatest accountant in it . " Yet John was not without his hobby . The fiddle relieved his vacant hours . He sang , certainly , with other notes than to the Orphean lyre . He did , indeed ...
... character in the world , and him- self the greatest accountant in it . " Yet John was not without his hobby . The fiddle relieved his vacant hours . He sang , certainly , with other notes than to the Orphean lyre . He did , indeed ...
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... vein rises , I strut a Gentleman Commoner . In graver moments , I proceed Master of Arts . Indeed I do not think I am much unlike that respectable character . I have seen your dim - eyed vergers , and bed OXFORD IN THE VACATION 15.
... vein rises , I strut a Gentleman Commoner . In graver moments , I proceed Master of Arts . Indeed I do not think I am much unlike that respectable character . I have seen your dim - eyed vergers , and bed OXFORD IN THE VACATION 15.
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... character was as different as that of the inhabitants on the two sides of the Pyr- enees . The Rev. James Boyer was the Upper Master but the Rev. Matthew Field presided over that portion of the apartment , of which I had the good ...
... character was as different as that of the inhabitants on the two sides of the Pyr- enees . The Rev. James Boyer was the Upper Master but the Rev. Matthew Field presided over that portion of the apartment , of which I had the good ...
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