The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page 3
... whole company rose kindlier than his utterance , and his happiest im- promptus had the appearance of effort . He has been accused of trying to be witty , when in truth he was but struggling to give his poor thoughts articulation . He ...
... whole company rose kindlier than his utterance , and his happiest im- promptus had the appearance of effort . He has been accused of trying to be witty , when in truth he was but struggling to give his poor thoughts articulation . He ...
Page 33
... whole property man's wardrobe with thee , enough to sink a navy ) ; the judge's ermine ; the coxcomb's wig ; the snuff - box à la Foppington - all must overboard , he posi- tively swears- -and that ancient mariner brooks no denial ; for ...
... whole property man's wardrobe with thee , enough to sink a navy ) ; the judge's ermine ; the coxcomb's wig ; the snuff - box à la Foppington - all must overboard , he posi- tively swears- -and that ancient mariner brooks no denial ; for ...
Page 49
... whole paper . Newspapers always excite curiosity . No one ever lays one down without a feeling of disappointment . What an eternal time that gentleman in black , at Nando's , keeps the paper ! I am sick of hearing the waiter bawling out ...
... whole paper . Newspapers always excite curiosity . No one ever lays one down without a feeling of disappointment . What an eternal time that gentleman in black , at Nando's , keeps the paper ! I am sick of hearing the waiter bawling out ...
Page 66
... whole state of sickness is such ; for what else is it but a magnificent dream for a man to lie abed , and draw daylight curtains about him ; and , shutting out the sun , to induce a total oblivion of all the works which are going on ...
... whole state of sickness is such ; for what else is it but a magnificent dream for a man to lie abed , and draw daylight curtains about him ; and , shutting out the sun , to induce a total oblivion of all the works which are going on ...
Page 75
... whole female reading public , till a happier genius arose , and expelled for ever the innutritious phantoms , —whether he has not found his brain more " betossed , " his memory more puzzled , his sense of when and where more confounded ...
... whole female reading public , till a happier genius arose , and expelled for ever the innutritious phantoms , —whether he has not found his brain more " betossed , " his memory more puzzled , his sense of when and where more confounded ...
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