The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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... passion uttered by another , oftentimes gives blameless vent to his most inward feelings , and expresses his own story modestly . acter . My late friend was in many respects a singular char- Those who did not like him , hated him ; and ...
... passion uttered by another , oftentimes gives blameless vent to his most inward feelings , and expresses his own story modestly . acter . My late friend was in many respects a singular char- Those who did not like him , hated him ; and ...
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... passion than envy ; and contemplations on the great and good , whom we fancy in succession to have been its inhabitants , weave for us illusions , incompat- ible with the bustle of modern occupancy , and vanities of foolish present ...
... passion than envy ; and contemplations on the great and good , whom we fancy in succession to have been its inhabitants , weave for us illusions , incompat- ible with the bustle of modern occupancy , and vanities of foolish present ...
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... passion of fear ; and a sneaking curiosity , terror- tainted , to hold communication with the past . - How shall they build it up again ? It was an old deserted place , yet not so long deserted but that traces of the splendour of past ...
... passion of fear ; and a sneaking curiosity , terror- tainted , to hold communication with the past . - How shall they build it up again ? It was an old deserted place , yet not so long deserted but that traces of the splendour of past ...
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... passionate devotion to the place , with a profound aversion to the society . The servitor's gown ( worse than his [ 1 Favell , who left Cambridge because his father was a house- painter there . ] He school array ) clung to him with ...
... passionate devotion to the place , with a profound aversion to the society . The servitor's gown ( worse than his [ 1 Favell , who left Cambridge because his father was a house- painter there . ] He school array ) clung to him with ...
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... passions . A sort of melancholy grandeur invested him . From some inexplicable doom I fancied him obliged to go about in an eternal suit of mourn- ing ; captive a stately being , let out of the Tower on Saturdays . Often have I wondered ...
... passions . A sort of melancholy grandeur invested him . From some inexplicable doom I fancied him obliged to go about in an eternal suit of mourn- ing ; captive a stately being , let out of the Tower on Saturdays . Often have I wondered ...
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