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Page 35
... spirits was dispensed with . This fancy of dungeons for children was a sprout of Howard's brain ; for which ( sav- ing the reverence due to Holy Paul ) methinks , I could willingly spit upon his statue . state - room ) , where awaited ...
... spirits was dispensed with . This fancy of dungeons for children was a sprout of Howard's brain ; for which ( sav- ing the reverence due to Holy Paul ) methinks , I could willingly spit upon his statue . state - room ) , where awaited ...
Page 50
... spirit of contradiction , and childish love of getting the better of thy friend ? Then , worst cut of all ! to transport it with thee to the Gallican land - Unworthy land to harbor such a sweetness , A virtue in which all ennobling ...
... spirit of contradiction , and childish love of getting the better of thy friend ? Then , worst cut of all ! to transport it with thee to the Gallican land - Unworthy land to harbor such a sweetness , A virtue in which all ennobling ...
Page 59
... spirits , in the concoction ? Where be those puling fears of death , just now expressed or affected ? - Passed like a cloud -absorbed in the purging sunlight of clear poetry- clean washed away by a wave of genuine Helicon , your only ...
... spirits , in the concoction ? Where be those puling fears of death , just now expressed or affected ? - Passed like a cloud -absorbed in the purging sunlight of clear poetry- clean washed away by a wave of genuine Helicon , your only ...
Page 63
... spirit of unsensualizing would have kept out . You yourself have a pretty collection of paintings , but confess to me , whether , walking in your gallery at Sandham , among those clear Vandykes , or among the Paul Potters in the ...
... spirit of unsensualizing would have kept out . You yourself have a pretty collection of paintings , but confess to me , whether , walking in your gallery at Sandham , among those clear Vandykes , or among the Paul Potters in the ...
Page 68
... spirits , I sometimes call for the cards , and play a game at piquet for love with my cousin Bridget — Bridget Elia . I grant there is something sneaking in it ; but with a toothache , or a sprained ankle , — when you are sub- dued and ...
... spirits , I sometimes call for the cards , and play a game at piquet for love with my cousin Bridget — Bridget Elia . I grant there is something sneaking in it ; but with a toothache , or a sprained ankle , — when you are sub- dued and ...
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