The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page 43
... kind - hearted play - book , then , opening what " seem its leaves , ” to come bolt upon a withering Population Essay . To expect a Steele , or a Farquhar , and find — Adam Smith . To view a well - arranged assortment of block- headed ...
... kind - hearted play - book , then , opening what " seem its leaves , ” to come bolt upon a withering Population Essay . To expect a Steele , or a Farquhar , and find — Adam Smith . To view a well - arranged assortment of block- headed ...
Page 44
... kind feelings in fastidiousness , of an old " Circulating Library " Tom Jones , or Vicar of Wakefield ! How they speak of the thousand thumbs , that have turned over their pages with delight ! —of the lone sempstress , whom they may ...
... kind feelings in fastidiousness , of an old " Circulating Library " Tom Jones , or Vicar of Wakefield ! How they speak of the thousand thumbs , that have turned over their pages with delight ! —of the lone sempstress , whom they may ...
Page 49
... kind of modern novels without extreme irksomeness . A newspaper , read out , is intolerable . In some of the Bank offices it is the custom ( to save so much individual time ) for one of the clerks - who is the best scholar - to commence ...
... kind of modern novels without extreme irksomeness . A newspaper , read out , is intolerable . In some of the Bank offices it is the custom ( to save so much individual time ) for one of the clerks - who is the best scholar - to commence ...
Page 74
... kind- lier resolutions . Where he seems most to recede from humanity , he will be found the truest to it . From beyond the scope of Nature if he summon possible existences , he subjugates them to the law of her consistency . He is ...
... kind- lier resolutions . Where he seems most to recede from humanity , he will be found the truest to it . From beyond the scope of Nature if he summon possible existences , he subjugates them to the law of her consistency . He is ...
Page 80
... kind of ale I remember— “ British beverage , " he would " Push about , my boys ; " " Drink to your sweet- hearts , girls . " At every meagre draught a toast must ensue , or a song . All the forms of good liquor were there , with none of ...
... kind of ale I remember— “ British beverage , " he would " Push about , my boys ; " " Drink to your sweet- hearts , girls . " At every meagre draught a toast must ensue , or a song . All the forms of good liquor were there , with none of ...
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