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was deprived of the least participation in the profits of his own works in America . In the second part of this Miscellany will be found his own views of this matter , simply , manfully stated , as it is incumbent upon every man to ...
was deprived of the least participation in the profits of his own works in America . In the second part of this Miscellany will be found his own views of this matter , simply , manfully stated , as it is incumbent upon every man to ...
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In short , as happens to prematurely old port wine , I am of a bad color with very little body . ... and do not I , like a father romping with his own urchins , do not I forget half my cares whilst partaking in their airy gambols ?
In short , as happens to prematurely old port wine , I am of a bad color with very little body . ... and do not I , like a father romping with his own urchins , do not I forget half my cares whilst partaking in their airy gambols ?
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This is a novel version , Reader , of " Paradise and the Peri , " but it is as true as it is new . ... of the gloaming were stealing over my prospect ; but I resolved that , like the sun , so long as my day lasted , I would look on the ...
This is a novel version , Reader , of " Paradise and the Peri , " but it is as true as it is new . ... of the gloaming were stealing over my prospect ; but I resolved that , like the sun , so long as my day lasted , I would look on the ...
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Now , my mind seeming to treat the matter very pleasantly as well as profitably , I followed her counsel ... and my own dear skilful native physician gives me hopes of a longer lease than appeared from the foreign reading of the ...
Now , my mind seeming to treat the matter very pleasantly as well as profitably , I followed her counsel ... and my own dear skilful native physician gives me hopes of a longer lease than appeared from the foreign reading of the ...
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Consider your health as your best friend , and think as well of it , in spite of all its foibles , as you can . ... As the system has worked so well in my own case , it is a duty to recommend it to others : and like certain ...
Consider your health as your best friend , and think as well of it , in spite of all its foibles , as you can . ... As the system has worked so well in my own case , it is a duty to recommend it to others : and like certain ...
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| Title | Prose and Verse Half-title: Wiley and Putnam's library of choice reading. [no. xvi, xix] Prose and Verse, Thomas Hood |
| Author | Thomas Hood |
| Publisher | Wiley and Putnam, 1845 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Nov 2007 |
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