The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page 17
... on the score of poverty , and — resents being left out . When the company break up , he proffereth to go for a coach - and lets the servant go . He recollects - your grandfather ; and will thrust in some mean 2 B POOR RELATIONS 17.
... on the score of poverty , and — resents being left out . When the company break up , he proffereth to go for a coach - and lets the servant go . He recollects - your grandfather ; and will thrust in some mean 2 B POOR RELATIONS 17.
Page 18
Charles Lamb. - your grandfather ; and will thrust in some mean and quite unimportant anecdote of the family . He knew it when it was not quite so flourishing as " he is blest in seeing it now . " He reviveth past situations to institute ...
Charles Lamb. - your grandfather ; and will thrust in some mean and quite unimportant anecdote of the family . He knew it when it was not quite so flourishing as " he is blest in seeing it now . " He reviveth past situations to institute ...
Page 62
... mean these scanty book - rooms - marine libraries as they entitle them - if the sea were , as they would have us believe , a book " to read strange matter in ? " what are their foolish concert - rooms , if they come , as they would fain ...
... mean these scanty book - rooms - marine libraries as they entitle them - if the sea were , as they would have us believe , a book " to read strange matter in ? " what are their foolish concert - rooms , if they come , as they would fain ...
Page 65
... mean us for mariners and vagabonds , bids us stay at home . The salt foam seems to nourish a spleen . I am not half so good - natured as by the milder waters of my natural river . 1 would exchange these sea - gulls for swans , and scud ...
... mean us for mariners and vagabonds , bids us stay at home . The salt foam seems to nourish a spleen . I am not half so good - natured as by the milder waters of my natural river . 1 would exchange these sea - gulls for swans , and scud ...
Page 79
... mean was a retired half - pay officer , with a wife and two grown - up daughters , whom he maintained with the port ... means to bounties . You saw with your bodily eyes indeed what seemed a bare scrag - cold savings from the foregone ...
... mean was a retired half - pay officer , with a wife and two grown - up daughters , whom he maintained with the port ... means to bounties . You saw with your bodily eyes indeed what seemed a bare scrag - cold savings from the foregone ...
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