The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page 21
... lord of his library , and seldom cared for looking out beyond his domains . The healing influence of studious pursuits was upon him , to soothe and to abstract . He was almost a healthy man ; when the waywardness of his fate broke out ...
... lord of his library , and seldom cared for looking out beyond his domains . The healing influence of studious pursuits was upon him , to soothe and to abstract . He was almost a healthy man ; when the waywardness of his fate broke out ...
Page 31
... and had notice to quit , I fear , before thou wert quite ready to abandon this fleshy tenement . It was thy Pleasure - House , thy Palace of Dainty. TO THE SHADE OF ELLISTON Lord Poppington in the Relapse . 31 To THE SHADE OF ELLISTON.
... and had notice to quit , I fear , before thou wert quite ready to abandon this fleshy tenement . It was thy Pleasure - House , thy Palace of Dainty. TO THE SHADE OF ELLISTON Lord Poppington in the Relapse . 31 To THE SHADE OF ELLISTON.
Page 38
... Lord Bacon , - " was never increased towards him by his place or honours , but I have , and do reverence him for the greatness , that was only proper to himself ; in that he seemed to me ever one of the greatest men , that had been in ...
... Lord Bacon , - " was never increased towards him by his place or honours , but I have , and do reverence him for the greatness , that was only proper to himself ; in that he seemed to me ever one of the greatest men , that had been in ...
Page 42
... walking , I am reading ; I cannot sit and think . Books think for me . I have no repugnances . Shaftesbury is not too genteel. Lord Poppington in the Relapse . " A fellow will get up and spell out a. 42 DETACHED THOUGHTS ON BOOKS AND ...
... walking , I am reading ; I cannot sit and think . Books think for me . I have no repugnances . Shaftesbury is not too genteel. Lord Poppington in the Relapse . " A fellow will get up and spell out a. 42 DETACHED THOUGHTS ON BOOKS AND ...
Page 67
... lords it there ; what caprices he acts without controul ! how king - like he sways his pillow - tumbling , and tossing , and shifting , and lowering , and thumping , and flatting , and moulding it , to the ever varying re- quisitions of ...
... lords it there ; what caprices he acts without controul ! how king - like he sways his pillow - tumbling , and tossing , and shifting , and lowering , and thumping , and flatting , and moulding it , to the ever varying re- quisitions of ...
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