The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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... sure to arise ) , he could not help it . When he has been remonstrated with for not making more concessions to the feelings of good people , he would retort by asking , what one point did these goud people ever concede to him ? He was ...
... sure to arise ) , he could not help it . When he has been remonstrated with for not making more concessions to the feelings of good people , he would retort by asking , what one point did these goud people ever concede to him ? He was ...
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... sure that it is not the man himself , whom you cannot , or will not see , under some adventitious trap- pings , which , nevertheless , sit not at all inconsistently upon him ? What if it is the nature of some men to be highly artificial ...
... sure that it is not the man himself , whom you cannot , or will not see , under some adventitious trap- pings , which , nevertheless , sit not at all inconsistently upon him ? What if it is the nature of some men to be highly artificial ...
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... sure of his company . Not many rich , not many wise , or learned , composed at that time the common stowage of a Margate packet . We were , I am afraid , a set of as unseasoned Londoners ( let our enemies give it a worse name ) as ...
... sure of his company . Not many rich , not many wise , or learned , composed at that time the common stowage of a Margate packet . We were , I am afraid , a set of as unseasoned Londoners ( let our enemies give it a worse name ) as ...
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... sure that no town - bred , or inland - born subjects , can feel their true and natural nourishment at these sea- places . Nature , where she does not mean us for mariners and vagabonds , bids us stay at home . The salt foam seems to ...
... sure that no town - bred , or inland - born subjects , can feel their true and natural nourishment at these sea- places . Nature , where she does not mean us for mariners and vagabonds , bids us stay at home . The salt foam seems to ...
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... sure that it was Mrs Porter ; but it was some great actress of that day . The name is indifferent ; but the fact of the scalding tears I most distinctly remember . I was always fond of the society of players , and am . not sure that an ...
... sure that it was Mrs Porter ; but it was some great actress of that day . The name is indifferent ; but the fact of the scalding tears I most distinctly remember . I was always fond of the society of players , and am . not sure that an ...
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