The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page vii
... POOR RELATIONS STAGE ILLUSION ELLISTONIANA . DETACHED THOUGHTS ON BOOKS AND READING . THE OLD MARGATE HOY THE CONVALESCENT • SANITY OF TRUE GENIUS CAPTAIN JACKSON THE SUPERANNUATED MAN THE GENTEEL STYLE IN WRITING PAGE ix 1 5 14 25 31 ...
... POOR RELATIONS STAGE ILLUSION ELLISTONIANA . DETACHED THOUGHTS ON BOOKS AND READING . THE OLD MARGATE HOY THE CONVALESCENT • SANITY OF TRUE GENIUS CAPTAIN JACKSON THE SUPERANNUATED MAN THE GENTEEL STYLE IN WRITING PAGE ix 1 5 14 25 31 ...
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... Poor Relations ' He casually looketh in about dinner time ' ' She begs to be helped - after the gentlemen ' Headpiece - Stage Illusion . ' The pitiable infirmities of old men Tailpiece - Stage Illusion • Headpiece - To the Shade of ...
... Poor Relations ' He casually looketh in about dinner time ' ' She begs to be helped - after the gentlemen ' Headpiece - Stage Illusion . ' The pitiable infirmities of old men Tailpiece - Stage Illusion • Headpiece - To the Shade of ...
Page xi
... Poor gallery scramblers ' Headpiece - Confessions of a Drunkard ' A morning pipe ' · Tailpiece - Confessions of a Drunkard ' A modest inoffensive deportment does not necessarily imply valour ' ' The first to be tickled with it ' ' She ...
... Poor gallery scramblers ' Headpiece - Confessions of a Drunkard ' A morning pipe ' · Tailpiece - Confessions of a Drunkard ' A modest inoffensive deportment does not necessarily imply valour ' ' The first to be tickled with it ' ' She ...
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Charles Lamb. PREFACE Τ BY A FRIEND OF THE LATE ELIA HIS poor gentleman , who for some months past had been in a declining way , hath at length paid his final tribute to nature . To say truth , it is time he were gone . The humour of the ...
Charles Lamb. PREFACE Τ BY A FRIEND OF THE LATE ELIA HIS poor gentleman , who for some months past had been in a declining way , hath at length paid his final tribute to nature . To say truth , it is time he were gone . The humour of the ...
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... poor thoughts articulation . He chose his companions for some individuality of character which they manifested . - Hence , not many persons of science , and few professed literati , were of his councils . They were , for the most part ...
... poor thoughts articulation . He chose his companions for some individuality of character which they manifested . - Hence , not many persons of science , and few professed literati , were of his councils . They were , for the most part ...
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