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... man's notions of him- self that lived in them ( I know not who is the occupier of them now ) , resounded fortnightly to the notes of a concert of " sweet breasts , " as our ancestors would have called them , culled from club - rooms and ...
... man's notions of him- self that lived in them ( I know not who is the occupier of them now ) , resounded fortnightly to the notes of a concert of " sweet breasts , " as our ancestors would have called them , culled from club - rooms and ...
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... gentle warmth expands her silken leaves , as naturally as the cloak of the traveller , for which sun and wind contended ! He is the true Propontic which never ebbeth ! The sea which taketh handsomely at each man's 46 THE TWO RACES OF MEN.
... gentle warmth expands her silken leaves , as naturally as the cloak of the traveller , for which sun and wind contended ! He is the true Propontic which never ebbeth ! The sea which taketh handsomely at each man's 46 THE TWO RACES OF MEN.
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Charles Lamb. ebbeth ! The sea which taketh handsomely at each man's hand . In vain the victim , whom he delighteth to honour , struggles with destiny ; he is in the net . Lend therefore cheerfully , O man ordained to lend — that thou ...
Charles Lamb. ebbeth ! The sea which taketh handsomely at each man's hand . In vain the victim , whom he delighteth to honour , struggles with destiny ; he is in the net . Lend therefore cheerfully , O man ordained to lend — that thou ...
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... man's wit , —his memory , or combination - faculty rather — against another's ; like a mock - engagement at a review ... man is a gaming animal . He must be always trying to get the better in something or other : -that this passion can ...
... man's wit , —his memory , or combination - faculty rather — against another's ; like a mock - engagement at a review ... man is a gaming animal . He must be always trying to get the better in something or other : -that this passion can ...
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... man's conversation . — I should but spoil their sport , and diminish my own sympathy for them , by mingling in their ... man's mind , even as you lose yourself in another man's grounds . You are walking with a tall varlet , whose strides ...
... man's conversation . — I should but spoil their sport , and diminish my own sympathy for them , by mingling in their ... man's mind , even as you lose yourself in another man's grounds . You are walking with a tall varlet , whose strides ...
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