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Page 15
... truth , cared one fig about the matter . He " thought an accountant the greatest character in the world , and himself the greatest accountant in it . " Yet John was not without his hobby . The fiddle relieved his vacant hours . He sang ...
... truth , cared one fig about the matter . He " thought an accountant the greatest character in the world , and himself the greatest accountant in it . " Yet John was not without his hobby . The fiddle relieved his vacant hours . He sang ...
Page 37
... truth he wielded the cane with no great good - will - holding it " like a dancer . " It looked in his hands rather like an emblem than an instrument of authority ; and an emblem , too , he was ashamed of . He was a good easy that did ...
... truth he wielded the cane with no great good - will - holding it " like a dancer . " It looked in his hands rather like an emblem than an instrument of authority ; and an emblem , too , he was ashamed of . He was a good easy that did ...
Page 55
... truth ? I feel these audits but too powerfully . I begin to count the probabilities of my duration , and to grudge at the ex- penditure of moments and shortest periods , like misers ' farthings . In proportion as the years both lessen ...
... truth ? I feel these audits but too powerfully . I begin to count the probabilities of my duration , and to grudge at the ex- penditure of moments and shortest periods , like misers ' farthings . In proportion as the years both lessen ...
Page 64
... truth , was never greatly taken with cribbage . It was an essentially vulgar game , I have heard her say , disputing with her uncle , who was very partial to it . She could never heartily bring her mouth 64 MRS . BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON ...
... truth , was never greatly taken with cribbage . It was an essentially vulgar game , I have heard her say , disputing with her uncle , who was very partial to it . She could never heartily bring her mouth 64 MRS . BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON ...
Page 67
... truth , a mere drama ; for we do but play at being mightily concerned , where a few idle shillings are at stake , yet , during the illusion , we are as mightily concerned a those whose stake is crowns and kingdoms . They a sort of dream ...
... truth , a mere drama ; for we do but play at being mightily concerned , where a few idle shillings are at stake , yet , during the illusion , we are as mightily concerned a those whose stake is crowns and kingdoms . They a sort of dream ...
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