The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, EsqB. Tauchnitz, 1843 - 361 pages |
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... rich in the accumu- lated treasures of age . Her very ruins told the history of times gone by , and every mouldering stone was a chronicle . I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement - to tread , as it were , in the ...
... rich in the accumu- lated treasures of age . Her very ruins told the history of times gone by , and every mouldering stone was a chronicle . I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement - to tread , as it were , in the ...
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... rich and wealthy lading . Hallo ! my fancie , whither wilt thou go ? OLD POEM . To an American visiting Europe , the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative . The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments ...
... rich and wealthy lading . Hallo ! my fancie , whither wilt thou go ? OLD POEM . To an American visiting Europe , the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative . The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments ...
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... rich men do . I considered him far above the reach of my pity . Those who live only for the world , and in the world , may be cast down by the frowns of adversity : but a man like Roscoe is not to be overcome by the mutations of for ...
... rich men do . I considered him far above the reach of my pity . Those who live only for the world , and in the world , may be cast down by the frowns of adversity : but a man like Roscoe is not to be overcome by the mutations of for ...
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... rich - you never knew the boundless treasures of excellence you possessed in that woman . " " Oh ! but , my friend , if this first meeting at the cottage were over , I think I could then be comfortable . But this is her first day of ...
... rich - you never knew the boundless treasures of excellence you possessed in that woman . " " Oh ! but , my friend , if this first meeting at the cottage were over , I think I could then be comfortable . But this is her first day of ...
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... rich in that legendary lore , so invaluable to true history . Whenever , therefore , he chanced to find a genuine Dutch family , snugly shut up in its low - roofed farm - house , under a spreading sycamore , he looked upon it as a ...
... rich in that legendary lore , so invaluable to true history . Whenever , therefore , he chanced to find a genuine Dutch family , snugly shut up in its low - roofed farm - house , under a spreading sycamore , he looked upon it as a ...
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