The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page 19
... honour of taking wine with her ; she hesitates between Port and Madeira , and chooses the former - because he does . She calls the servant Sir ; and insists on not troubling him to hold her plate . The housekeeper patronizes her . The ...
... honour of taking wine with her ; she hesitates between Port and Madeira , and chooses the former - because he does . She calls the servant Sir ; and insists on not troubling him to hold her plate . The housekeeper patronizes her . The ...
Page 38
... 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 many ages . In his adversity I ever prayed that heaven would give ...
... 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 many ages . In his adversity I ever prayed that heaven would give ...
Page 45
... honour and keep safe such a jewel . Not only rare volumes of this description , which seem hopeless ever to be reprinted ; but old editions of writers , such as Sir Philip Sydney , Bishop Taylor , Milton in his prose - works , Fuller ...
... honour and keep safe such a jewel . Not only rare volumes of this description , which seem hopeless ever to be reprinted ; but old editions of writers , such as Sir Philip Sydney , Bishop Taylor , Milton in his prose - works , Fuller ...
Page 57
... honour among themselves in private . I cannot call to mind half his pleasant wonders ; but I perfectly remember , that in the course of his travels he had seen a phoenix ; and he obligingly undeceived us of the vulgar error , that there ...
... honour among themselves in private . I cannot call to mind half his pleasant wonders ; but I perfectly remember , that in the course of his travels he had seen a phoenix ; and he obligingly undeceived us of the vulgar error , that there ...
Page 101
... honour of bringing over four sorts into England , which he enumer- ates , and supposes that they are all by this time pretty common among some gardeners in his neighbourhood , as well as several persons of quality ; for he ever thought ...
... honour of bringing over four sorts into England , which he enumer- ates , and supposes that they are all by this time pretty common among some gardeners in his neighbourhood , as well as several persons of quality ; for he ever thought ...
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