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Page xviii
... sense of the term . He has thus become the patron saint , the inspir- ing example , of those whom fate , perhaps not so unkind as she seems , has condemned to know " the irksome confinement of an office , " and who have left to them but ...
... sense of the term . He has thus become the patron saint , the inspir- ing example , of those whom fate , perhaps not so unkind as she seems , has condemned to know " the irksome confinement of an office , " and who have left to them but ...
Page 28
... sense of liberty , setting a keener edge upon them ! -How faint and languid , finally , we would return , towards nightfall , to our desired morsel , half - rejoicing , half - reluctant , that the hours of our uneasy liberty had expired ...
... sense of liberty , setting a keener edge upon them ! -How faint and languid , finally , we would return , towards nightfall , to our desired morsel , half - rejoicing , half - reluctant , that the hours of our uneasy liberty had expired ...
Page 38
... sense , as if it had been some Devil's Litany , with the expletory yell- " and I WILL , too . " - In his gentler moods , when 1 In this and every thing B. was the antipodes of his co- adjutor . While the former was digging his brains ...
... sense , as if it had been some Devil's Litany , with the expletory yell- " and I WILL , too . " - In his gentler moods , when 1 In this and every thing B. was the antipodes of his co- adjutor . While the former was digging his brains ...
Page 44
... sense of neglect - ill capable of enduring the slights poor Sizars are sometimes subject to in our seats of learning -exchanged their Alma Mater for the camp ; perishing , one by climate , and one on the plains of Salamanca : -- Le G ...
... sense of neglect - ill capable of enduring the slights poor Sizars are sometimes subject to in our seats of learning -exchanged their Alma Mater for the camp ; perishing , one by climate , and one on the plains of Salamanca : -- Le G ...
Page 51
... sense and meaning in it . You are sure that he will make one hearty meal on your viands , if he can give no account of the platter after it . But what moved thee , wayward ,. " He will make one hearty meal . " MRS . BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON ...
... sense and meaning in it . You are sure that he will make one hearty meal on your viands , if he can give no account of the platter after it . But what moved thee , wayward ,. " He will make one hearty meal . " MRS . BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON ...
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