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Page 14
... smile at the com- parative insignificance of the pretensions which had just awed you . His intellect was of the shallowest order . It did not reach to a saw or a proverb . His mind was in its original state of white paper . A sucking ...
... smile at the com- parative insignificance of the pretensions which had just awed you . His intellect was of the shallowest order . It did not reach to a saw or a proverb . His mind was in its original state of white paper . A sucking ...
Page 23
... smile upon their over - looked beadsman , and to adopt me for their own . Then , to take a peep in by the way at the but- teries , and sculleries , redolent of antique hospitality ; the immense caves of kitchens , kitchen fireplaces ...
... smile upon their over - looked beadsman , and to adopt me for their own . Then , to take a peep in by the way at the but- teries , and sculleries , redolent of antique hospitality ; the immense caves of kitchens , kitchen fireplaces ...
Page 39
... not give it their sanction . - B . used to say of it , in a way of half - compliment , half - irony , that it was too classical for representation . 66 of different omen . The one serene , smiling FIVE - AND - THIRTY YEARS AGO . 39.
... not give it their sanction . - B . used to say of it , in a way of half - compliment , half - irony , that it was too classical for representation . 66 of different omen . The one serene , smiling FIVE - AND - THIRTY YEARS AGO . 39.
Page 40
Charles Lamb. 66 of different omen . The one serene , smiling , fresh powdered , betokening a mild day . The other , an old , discolored , unkempt , angry caxon , denoting frequent and bloody execution . Woe to the school , when he made ...
Charles Lamb. 66 of different omen . The one serene , smiling , fresh powdered , betokening a mild day . The other , an old , discolored , unkempt , angry caxon , denoting frequent and bloody execution . Woe to the school , when he made ...
Page 43
... smile , and still more cordial laugh , with which thou wert wont to make the old Cloisters shake , in thy cognition ... smiles , with that beautiful countenance , with which ( for thou wert the Nireus formosus of the school ) , in the ...
... smile , and still more cordial laugh , with which thou wert wont to make the old Cloisters shake , in thy cognition ... smiles , with that beautiful countenance , with which ( for thou wert the Nireus formosus of the school ) , in the ...
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