The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, EsqB. Tauchnitz, 1843 - 361 pages |
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... collective form . He has been induced , therefore , to revise and bring them forward himself , that they may at least come correctly before the public . Should they be deemed of sufficient importance to attract the atten- tion.
... collective form . He has been induced , therefore , to revise and bring them forward himself , that they may at least come correctly before the public . Should they be deemed of sufficient importance to attract the atten- tion.
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Washington Irving. be deemed of sufficient importance to attract the atten- tion of critics , he solicits for them that courtesy and candour which a stranger has some right to claim , who presents himself at the threshold of a hospitable ...
Washington Irving. be deemed of sufficient importance to attract the atten- tion of critics , he solicits for them that courtesy and candour which a stranger has some right to claim , who presents himself at the threshold of a hospitable ...
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... tion . We drag , it is true , " a lengthening chain " at each re- move of our pilgrimage ; but the chain is unbroken : we can trace it back link by link ; and we feel that the last of them still grapples us to home . But a wide sea ...
... tion . We drag , it is true , " a lengthening chain " at each re- move of our pilgrimage ; but the chain is unbroken : we can trace it back link by link ; and we feel that the last of them still grapples us to home . But a wide sea ...
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... tion ; but then they are the wonders of the deep , and of the air , and rather tend to abstract the mind from worldly themes . I delighted to loll over the quarter railing , or climb to the main - top , of a calm day , and muse for ...
... tion ; but then they are the wonders of the deep , and of the air , and rather tend to abstract the mind from worldly themes . I delighted to loll over the quarter railing , or climb to the main - top , of a calm day , and muse for ...
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... tion was attracted to a person just entering the room . He was advanced in life , tall , and of a form that might once have been commanding , but it was a little bowed by time - perhaps by care . He had a noble Roman style of ...
... tion was attracted to a person just entering the room . He was advanced in life , tall , and of a form that might once have been commanding , but it was a little bowed by time - perhaps by care . He had a noble Roman style of ...
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