The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page 3
... side of abstemiousness . Only in the use of the Indian weed he might be thought a little excessive . He took it , he would say , as a solvent of speech . Marry - as the friendly vapour ascended , how his prattle would curl up sometimes ...
... side of abstemiousness . Only in the use of the Indian weed he might be thought a little excessive . He took it , he would say , as a solvent of speech . Marry - as the friendly vapour ascended , how his prattle would curl up sometimes ...
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... side table . He never cometh upon open days , when your wife says with some com- placency , " My dear , perhaps Mr will drop in to - day . " He remembereth birth - days - and professeth he is fortunate to have stumbled upon one . He ...
... side table . He never cometh upon open days , when your wife says with some com- placency , " My dear , perhaps Mr will drop in to - day . " He remembereth birth - days - and professeth he is fortunate to have stumbled upon one . He ...
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... dramatic delight be attained by a judicious understanding , not too openly announced , between the ladies and gentlemen - on both sides of the curtain . OYOUSEST of once embodied spirits , whither at length hast 30 STAGE ILLUSION.
... dramatic delight be attained by a judicious understanding , not too openly announced , between the ladies and gentlemen - on both sides of the curtain . OYOUSEST of once embodied spirits , whither at length hast 30 STAGE ILLUSION.
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... side of Hades — that conducts to masques , and merry - makings , in the Theatre Royal of Proserpine . PLAUDITO , ET VALETO . 1899 Li 304 ELLISTONIANA Y acquaintance with the pleasant creature 34 TO THE SHADE OF ELLISTON.
... side of Hades — that conducts to masques , and merry - makings , in the Theatre Royal of Proserpine . PLAUDITO , ET VALETO . 1899 Li 304 ELLISTONIANA Y acquaintance with the pleasant creature 34 TO THE SHADE OF ELLISTON.
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... side of inti- macy , was over a counter in the Leamington Spa Library , then newly entered upon by a branch of his family . E. , whom nothing misbecame - to auspicate , I suppose , the filial concern , and set it agoing with a lustre ...
... side of inti- macy , was over a counter in the Leamington Spa Library , then newly entered upon by a branch of his family . E. , whom nothing misbecame - to auspicate , I suppose , the filial concern , and set it agoing with a lustre ...
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