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Those who did not like him , hated him ; and some , who once liked him ,
afterwards became his bitterest haters . The truth is , he gave himself too little
concern what he uttered , and in whose presence . He observed neither time nor
place ...
Those who did not like him , hated him ; and some , who once liked him ,
afterwards became his bitterest haters . The truth is , he gave himself too little
concern what he uttered , and in whose presence . He observed neither time nor
place ...
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I was apprised that the owner of it had lately pulled it down ; still I had a vague
notion that it could not all have perished , that so much solidity with magnificence
could not have been crushed all at once into the mere dust and rubbish which I ...
I was apprised that the owner of it had lately pulled it down ; still I had a vague
notion that it could not all have perished , that so much solidity with magnificence
could not have been crushed all at once into the mere dust and rubbish which I ...
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Its furniture was still standingeven to the tarnished gilt leather battledores , and
crumbling feathers of shuttlecocks in the nursery , which told that children had
once played there . But I was a lonely child , and had the range at will of every ...
Its furniture was still standingeven to the tarnished gilt leather battledores , and
crumbling feathers of shuttlecocks in the nursery , which told that children had
once played there . But I was a lonely child , and had the range at will of every ...
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And what if my ancestor at that date was some Damętas - - - feeding flocks , not
his own , upon the hills of Lincoln — did I in less earnest vindicate to myself the
family trappings of this once proud Ęgon ? — repaying by a backward triumph
the ...
And what if my ancestor at that date was some Damętas - - - feeding flocks , not
his own , upon the hills of Lincoln — did I in less earnest vindicate to myself the
family trappings of this once proud Ęgon ? — repaying by a backward triumph
the ...
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Mine too , thy lofty Justice Hall , with its one chair of authority , high - backed and
wickered , once the terror of luckless poacher , or self - forgetful maiden — s0
common since , that bats have roosted in it . Mine too — whose else ? — thy
costly ...
Mine too , thy lofty Justice Hall , with its one chair of authority , high - backed and
wickered , once the terror of luckless poacher , or self - forgetful maiden — s0
common since , that bats have roosted in it . Mine too — whose else ? — thy
costly ...
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| Title | The Last Essays of Elia |
| Author | Charles Lamb |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Dent, 1901 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 254 pages |
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