The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page xi
... Miss Emily to fill it for him ' Tailpiece - The Wedding · Headpiece - The Child Angel Headpiece - Old China 173 176 • 179 182 • 183 187 190 • 195 • · 196 • 203 208 ' Lighted out the relic from his dusty treasures ' Poor gallery ...
... Miss Emily to fill it for him ' Tailpiece - The Wedding · Headpiece - The Child Angel Headpiece - Old China 173 176 • 179 182 • 183 187 190 • 195 • · 196 • 203 208 ' Lighted out the relic from his dusty treasures ' Poor gallery ...
Page 2
... out some senseless pun ( not altogether senseless perhaps , if rightly taken ) , which has stamped his char- acter for the evening . It was hit or miss with him ; but nine times out of ten , he contrived by this 2 PREFACE.
... out some senseless pun ( not altogether senseless perhaps , if rightly taken ) , which has stamped his char- acter for the evening . It was hit or miss with him ; but nine times out of ten , he contrived by this 2 PREFACE.
Page 40
... is to be believed that in both cases the rhetoric missed of its application , for want of a proper under- standing with the faculties of the respective recipients . 66 " Quite an Opera pit , " he said 40 ELLISTONIANA.
... is to be believed that in both cases the rhetoric missed of its application , for want of a proper under- standing with the faculties of the respective recipients . 66 " Quite an Opera pit , " he said 40 ELLISTONIANA.
Page 50
... missed the pleasure of skimming over with his own eye a magazine , or a light pamphlet . I should not care to be caught in the serious avenues or some cathedral alone and reading Candide . I do not remember a more whimsical surprise ...
... missed the pleasure of skimming over with his own eye a magazine , or a light pamphlet . I should not care to be caught in the serious avenues or some cathedral alone and reading Candide . I do not remember a more whimsical surprise ...
Page 75
... Miss Rivers , and the scene only alternate between Bath and Bond Street - a more bewildering dreaminess induced upon him , than he has felt wandering over all the fairy grounds of Spenser . In the productions we refer to , nothing but ...
... Miss Rivers , and the scene only alternate between Bath and Bond Street - a more bewildering dreaminess induced upon him , than he has felt wandering over all the fairy grounds of Spenser . In the productions we refer to , nothing but ...
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