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... took her to live with him altogether . Mr Procter ( Barry Cornwall ) , from whose account the above facts are taken in their entirety , says : " Whenever the approach of one of her fits of insanity was announced by some irritability or ...
... took her to live with him altogether . Mr Procter ( Barry Cornwall ) , from whose account the above facts are taken in their entirety , says : " Whenever the approach of one of her fits of insanity was announced by some irritability or ...
Page 47
... took almost immediate measures entirely to dissipate and bring to nothing for there is something revolting in the idea of a king holding a private purse ; and the thoughts of Bigod were all regal . Thus furnished , by the very act of ...
... took almost immediate measures entirely to dissipate and bring to nothing for there is something revolting in the idea of a king holding a private purse ; and the thoughts of Bigod were all regal . Thus furnished , by the very act of ...
Page 48
... took a pride in numbering them ; and , with Comus , seemed picased to be " stocked with so fair a herd . " With such sources , it was a wonder how he contrived to keep his treasury always empty . He did it by force of an aphorism ...
... took a pride in numbering them ; and , with Comus , seemed picased to be " stocked with so fair a herd . " With such sources , it was a wonder how he contrived to keep his treasury always empty . He did it by force of an aphorism ...
Page 65
... took , and gave , no concessions . She hated favours . She never made a revoke , nor ever passed it over in her adversary without exacting the utmost forfeiture . She fought a good fight : cut and thrust . She held not her good sword ...
... took , and gave , no concessions . She hated favours . She never made a revoke , nor ever passed it over in her adversary without exacting the utmost forfeiture . She fought a good fight : cut and thrust . She held not her good sword ...
Page 101
... took any interest , either , in such kind of inquiries , for their own sake ; but that he was in some way bound to seek for knowledge . A greenish - coloured coat , which he had on , forbade me to surmise that he was a clergyman . The ...
... took any interest , either , in such kind of inquiries , for their own sake ; but that he was in some way bound to seek for knowledge . A greenish - coloured coat , which he had on , forbade me to surmise that he was a clergyman . The ...
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