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Page xiii
... Sometimes ( it is just possible ) an author may slip his hold on men's fancies and fall into a state of neglect , and , so far as human memories are concerned , of ruinous decay , which yet may be removed , and the author's fame ...
... Sometimes ( it is just possible ) an author may slip his hold on men's fancies and fall into a state of neglect , and , so far as human memories are concerned , of ruinous decay , which yet may be removed , and the author's fame ...
Page xvi
... sometimes , it may be , pushed a jest , or baited a bore , beyond the limits of becoming mirth . When we have said these things against Lamb we have said all . Pale Malice , speckled Jealousy , may now be invited to search the records ...
... sometimes , it may be , pushed a jest , or baited a bore , beyond the limits of becoming mirth . When we have said these things against Lamb we have said all . Pale Malice , speckled Jealousy , may now be invited to search the records ...
Page xxii
... of 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.
... of 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 21
... sometimes ( not to speak it profanely ) to be present with the Lord . At the very time when , personally encounter- ing thee , he passes on with no recognition - or , being stopped , starts like a thing surprised — at that moment ...
... sometimes ( not to speak it profanely ) to be present with the Lord . At the very time when , personally encounter- ing thee , he passes on with no recognition - or , being stopped , starts like a thing surprised — at that moment ...
Page 37
... sometimes , with ironic deference , send to borrow a rod of the Under Master , and then , with Sardonic grin , observe to one of his upper boys , " how neat and fresh the twigs looked . " While his pale students were battering their ...
... sometimes , with ironic deference , send to borrow a rod of the Under Master , and then , with Sardonic grin , observe to one of his upper boys , " how neat and fresh the twigs looked . " While his pale students were battering their ...
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