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Page ix
... Christ's Hospital five and thirty years ago ' In a by - nook of the cloisters ' • Wanton like young dace in the stream PAGE vii viii ix xii xiii xxii I 6 . 8 12 13 17 22 23 2.5 28 • Used to carry away openly ' ' How neat ix.
... Christ's Hospital five and thirty years ago ' In a by - nook of the cloisters ' • Wanton like young dace in the stream PAGE vii viii ix xii xiii xxii I 6 . 8 12 13 17 22 23 2.5 28 • Used to carry away openly ' ' How neat ix.
Page xiv
... succeed one another quickly enough - these biographies ; doing each one of them its bit of iconoclastic work : yet the reader never tires of them , nor , unless he is very young , does he wreak an empty wrath upon the xiv INTRODUCTION.
... succeed one another quickly enough - these biographies ; doing each one of them its bit of iconoclastic work : yet the reader never tires of them , nor , unless he is very young , does he wreak an empty wrath upon the xiv INTRODUCTION.
Page xv
Charles Lamb. young , does he wreak an empty wrath upon the fragments of another broken idol . Far otherwise : he picks up the pieces reverently , and remembering how hard and self- engrossing is the labour of carrying out any high plan ...
Charles Lamb. young , does he wreak an empty wrath upon the fragments of another broken idol . Far otherwise : he picks up the pieces reverently , and remembering how hard and self- engrossing is the labour of carrying out any high plan ...
Page xx
... young brother and sister walking together ( weeping ) on this painful errand , Mary herself , although sad , very conscious of the necessity of a temporary separation from her only friend . They used to carry a strait waistcoat with ...
... young brother and sister walking together ( weeping ) on this painful errand , Mary herself , although sad , very conscious of the necessity of a temporary separation from her only friend . They used to carry a strait waistcoat with ...
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... young days , Maccaronies . He was the last of that race of beaux . Melancholy as a gib - cat over his counter all the forenoon , I think I see him , making up his cash ( as they call it ) with tremulous fingers , as if he feared . every ...
... young days , Maccaronies . He was the last of that race of beaux . Melancholy as a gib - cat over his counter all the forenoon , I think I see him , making up his cash ( as they call it ) with tremulous fingers , as if he feared . every ...
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