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And how shall the intenser dramatist escape being faulty , who , doubtless ,
under cover of passion uttered by another , oftentimes gives blameless vent to his
most inward feelings , and expresses his own story modestly . My late friend was
in ...
And how shall the intenser dramatist escape being faulty , who , doubtless ,
under cover of passion uttered by another , oftentimes gives blameless vent to his
most inward feelings , and expresses his own story modestly . My late friend was
in ...
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HUI 高些 WW DO not know a pleasure more affecting than to range at will over
the deserted apartments of some fine old family mansion . The traces of extinct
grandeur admit of a better passion than envy ; and contemplations on the great
and ...
HUI 高些 WW DO not know a pleasure more affecting than to range at will over
the deserted apartments of some fine old family mansion . The traces of extinct
grandeur admit of a better passion than envy ; and contemplations on the great
and ...
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Then , that haunted room — in which old Mrs Battle died — whereinto I have
crept , but always in the day time , with a passion of fear ; and a sneaking
curiosity , terrortainted , to hold communication with the past . — How shall they
build it up ...
Then , that haunted room — in which old Mrs Battle died — whereinto I have
crept , but always in the day time , with a passion of fear ; and a sneaking
curiosity , terrortainted , to hold communication with the past . — How shall they
build it up ...
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W — went , sore with these notions , to Oxford , where the dignity and sweetness
of a scholar ' s life , meeting with the alloy of a humble introduction , wrought in
him a passionate devotion to the place , with a profound aversion to the society .
W — went , sore with these notions , to Oxford , where the dignity and sweetness
of a scholar ' s life , meeting with the alloy of a humble introduction , wrought in
him a passionate devotion to the place , with a profound aversion to the society .
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He seemed above human infirmities and passions . A sort of melancholy
grandeur invested him . From some inexplicable doom I fancied him obliged to
go about in an eternal suit of mourning ; captive — a stately being , let out of the
Tower on ...
He seemed above human infirmities and passions . A sort of melancholy
grandeur invested him . From some inexplicable doom I fancied him obliged to
go about in an eternal suit of mourning ; captive — a stately being , let out of the
Tower on ...
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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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