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Page 13
... sound of his well - known rap at the door with the stroke of the clock announcing six , was a topic of never - failing mirth in the families which this dear old bachelor gladdened with his presence . Then was his forte , his glorified ...
... sound of his well - known rap at the door with the stroke of the clock announcing six , was a topic of never - failing mirth in the families which this dear old bachelor gladdened with his presence . Then was his forte , his glorified ...
Page 35
... sound , to suffer what- ever horrors the weak nerves , and superstition incident to his time of life , might subject him to . This was the penalty for the second offence . Wouldst thou like , reader , to see what became of him in the ...
... sound , to suffer what- ever horrors the weak nerves , and superstition incident to his time of life , might subject him to . This was the penalty for the second offence . Wouldst thou like , reader , to see what became of him in the ...
Page 37
... sound of our noise . Our mirth and uproar went man , on . ― We had classics of our own , without being be- holden to " insolent Greece or haughty Rome , " that passed current among us— - Peter Wilkins the Ad- ventures of the Hon ...
... sound of our noise . Our mirth and uproar went man , on . ― We had classics of our own , without being be- holden to " insolent Greece or haughty Rome , " that passed current among us— - Peter Wilkins the Ad- ventures of the Hon ...
Page 39
... sounds of the Ululantes , and caught glances of Tartarus . B. was a rabid pedant . His English style was crampt to barbarism . His Easter anthems ( for his duty obliged him to those periodical flights ) were grating as scrannel pipes ...
... sounds of the Ululantes , and caught glances of Tartarus . B. was a rabid pedant . His English style was crampt to barbarism . His Easter anthems ( for his duty obliged him to those periodical flights ) were grating as scrannel pipes ...
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... sound scholars bred . First Grecian of my time was Lancelot Pepys Stevens , kindest of boys and men , since Co - grammar- master ( and inseparable companion ) with Dr. T ————— e . What an edifying spectacle did this brace of friends ...
... sound scholars bred . First Grecian of my time was Lancelot Pepys Stevens , kindest of boys and men , since Co - grammar- master ( and inseparable companion ) with Dr. T ————— e . What an edifying spectacle did this brace of friends ...
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