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Page 13
... fancy - in the forepart of the day , when the mind of your man of letters requires some relaxation ( and none better than such as at first sight seems most abhorrent from his beloved studies ) —to while away some good hours of my time ...
... fancy - in the forepart of the day , when the mind of your man of letters requires some relaxation ( and none better than such as at first sight seems most abhorrent from his beloved studies ) —to while away some good hours of my time ...
Page 15
... fancy myself of what degree or standing I please . I seem admitted ad eundem . I fetch up past opportunities . I can rise at the chapel- bell , and dream that it rings for me . In moods of humility I can be a Sizar , or a Servitor ...
... fancy myself of what degree or standing I please . I seem admitted ad eundem . I fetch up past opportunities . I can rise at the chapel- bell , and dream that it rings for me . In moods of humility I can be a Sizar , or a Servitor ...
Page 21
... fancy , he makes another call ( forgetting that they were certainly not to return from the country before that day week " ) and disappointed a second time , inquires for pen and paper as before : again the book is brought , and in the ...
... fancy , he makes another call ( forgetting that they were certainly not to return from the country before that day week " ) and disappointed a second time , inquires for pen and paper as before : again the book is brought , and in the ...
Page 34
... fancy of dungeons for children was a sprout of Howard's brain ; for which ( saving the rever- ence due to Holy Paul ) methinks , I could willingly spit upon his statue . rather pale , a glass of brandy was ordered to 34 CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
... fancy of dungeons for children was a sprout of Howard's brain ; for which ( saving the rever- ence due to Holy Paul ) methinks , I could willingly spit upon his statue . rather pale , a glass of brandy was ordered to 34 CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
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... fancy in the more flowery walks of the Muses . A little dramatic effusion of his , under the name of Vertumnus and Pomona , is not yet forgotten by the chroniclers of that sort of literature . It was accepted by Garrick , but the town ...
... fancy in the more flowery walks of the Muses . A little dramatic effusion of his , under the name of Vertumnus and Pomona , is not yet forgotten by the chroniclers of that sort of literature . It was accepted by Garrick , but the town ...
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