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But she who persists in Camalignant instance of the disadvantages , to which this
chimerical notion of affinity constituting a claim to an acquaintance , may subject
the spirit of a gentleman . A little foolish blood is all that is betwixt him and a ...
But she who persists in Camalignant instance of the disadvantages , to which this
chimerical notion of affinity constituting a claim to an acquaintance , may subject
the spirit of a gentleman . A little foolish blood is all that is betwixt him and a ...
Page 30
... the purposes of dramatic delight be attained by a judicious understanding , not
too openly announced , between the ladies and gentlemen - on both sides of the
curtain . WWWWWM MAYUMI m ine OYOUSEST of once embodied spirits , 30 ...
... the purposes of dramatic delight be attained by a judicious understanding , not
too openly announced , between the ladies and gentlemen - on both sides of the
curtain . WWWWWM MAYUMI m ine OYOUSEST of once embodied spirits , 30 ...
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WWWWWM MAYUMI m ine OYOUSEST of once embodied spirits , whither at
length hast thou flown ? To what genial region are we permitted to conjecture that
thou hast flitted ? Art thou sowing thy WILD OATS yet ( the harvest time was still to
...
WWWWWM MAYUMI m ine OYOUSEST of once embodied spirits , whither at
length hast thou flown ? To what genial region are we permitted to conjecture that
thou hast flitted ? Art thou sowing thy WILD OATS yet ( the harvest time was still to
...
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... agreeably been amusing you in the part of a rake or a coxcomb , through the
two or three hours of their dramatic existence ; but no sooner does the curtain fall
with its leaden clatter , but a spirit of lead seems to seize on all their faculties .
... agreeably been amusing you in the part of a rake or a coxcomb , through the
two or three hours of their dramatic existence ; but no sooner does the curtain fall
with its leaden clatter , but a spirit of lead seems to seize on all their faculties .
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I cannot settle my spirits to it . I knew a Unitarian minister , who was generally to
be seen upon Snow - hill ( as yet Skinner ' s - street was not ) , between the hours
of ten and eleven in the morning , studying a volume of Lardner . I own this to ...
I cannot settle my spirits to it . I knew a Unitarian minister , who was generally to
be seen upon Snow - hill ( as yet Skinner ' s - street was not ) , between the hours
of ten and eleven in the morning , studying a volume of Lardner . I own this to ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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