The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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... mind , joined to an inveterate impediment of speech , forbade him to be an orator ; and he seemed determined that no one else should play that part when he was present . He was petit and ordinary in his person and appearance . I have ...
... mind , joined to an inveterate impediment of speech , forbade him to be an orator ; and he seemed determined that no one else should play that part when he was present . He was petit and ordinary in his person and appearance . I have ...
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... the munificent and pious Colet . For thee the Pauline Muses weep . In elegies , that shall silence this crude prose , they shall celebrate thy praise . DETACHED THOUGHTS ON BOOKS AND READING To mind the inside ELLISTONIANA 41.
... the munificent and pious Colet . For thee the Pauline Muses weep . In elegies , that shall silence this crude prose , they shall celebrate thy praise . DETACHED THOUGHTS ON BOOKS AND READING To mind the inside ELLISTONIANA 41.
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Charles Lamb. DETACHED THOUGHTS ON BOOKS AND READING To mind the inside of a book is to entertain one's self with the ... minds . When I am not walking , I am reading ; I cannot sit and think . Books think for me . I have no repugnances ...
Charles Lamb. DETACHED THOUGHTS ON BOOKS AND READING To mind the inside of a book is to entertain one's self with the ... minds . When I am not walking , I am reading ; I cannot sit and think . Books think for me . I have no repugnances ...
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... mind by the carelessness of some former guest - two or three numbers of the old Town and Country Magazine , with its amus- ing tête - à - tête pictures- " The Royal Lover and Lady G- - ; " " The Melting Platonic and the Old Beau ...
... mind by the carelessness of some former guest - two or three numbers of the old Town and Country Magazine , with its amus- ing tête - à - tête pictures- " The Royal Lover and Lady G- - ; " " The Melting Platonic and the Old Beau ...
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... mind half his pleasant wonders ; but I perfectly remember , that in the course of his travels he had seen a phoenix ; and he obligingly undeceived us of the vulgar error , that there is but one of that species at a time , assuring us ...
... mind half his pleasant wonders ; but I perfectly remember , that in the course of his travels he had seen a phoenix ; and he obligingly undeceived us of the vulgar error , that there is but one of that species at a time , assuring us ...
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