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... thee , in the heyday of present prosperity , with their important faces , as it were , in- sulting thee , their poor neighbor out of business , the idle and merely contemplative , to such as me , old house ! there is a charm in thy ...
... thee , in the heyday of present prosperity , with their important faces , as it were , in- sulting thee , their poor neighbor out of business , the idle and merely contemplative , to such as me , old house ! there is a charm in thy ...
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... thee , Henry Man , the wit , the polished man of letters , the author , of the South - Sea House ? who never enteredst thy office in a morning , or quittedst it in mid - day- ( what didst thou in an office ? ) - with- out some quirk ...
... thee , Henry Man , the wit , the polished man of letters , the author , of the South - Sea House ? who never enteredst thy office in a morning , or quittedst it in mid - day- ( what didst thou in an office ? ) - with- out some quirk ...
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... thee , like spring , gentle offspring of blustering winter : - only unfortu- nate in thy ending , which should have been mild , con- ciliatory , swan - like . - Much remains to sing . Many fantastic shapes rise 18 THE SOUTH - SEA HOUSE .
... thee , like spring , gentle offspring of blustering winter : - only unfortu- nate in thy ending , which should have been mild , con- ciliatory , swan - like . - Much remains to sing . Many fantastic shapes rise 18 THE SOUTH - SEA HOUSE .
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... thee all this while ? -peradventure the very names , which I have summoned up before thee , are fantastic - insub- stantial like Henry Pimpernel , and old John Naps of Greece ; - Be satisfied that something answering to them has had a ...
... thee all this while ? -peradventure the very names , which I have summoned up before thee , are fantastic - insub- stantial like Henry Pimpernel , and old John Naps of Greece ; - Be satisfied that something answering to them has had a ...
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... thee , he passes on with no recognition - or , being stopped , starts like a thing surprised— at that moment , reader , he is on Mount Tabor- or Parnassusor co - sphered with Plato - or , with Harrington , framing " immortal ...
... thee , he passes on with no recognition - or , being stopped , starts like a thing surprised— at that moment , reader , he is on Mount Tabor- or Parnassusor co - sphered with Plato - or , with Harrington , framing " immortal ...
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