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Page 34
... youth , with a cast in his eye , not at all calculated to conciliate hostile pre- judices . I have since seen him carrying a baker's basket . I think I heard he did not do quite so well by himself , as he had done by the old folks . I ...
... youth , with a cast in his eye , not at all calculated to conciliate hostile pre- judices . I have since seen him carrying a baker's basket . I think I heard he did not do quite so well by himself , as he had done by the old folks . I ...
Page 42
... youth , sparing of speech , with raven locks . Thomas Fanshaw Middleton followed him ( now Bishop of Calcutta ) , a scholar and a gentleman in his teens . He has the reputation of an excellent critic ; and is author ( besides the ...
... youth , sparing of speech , with raven locks . Thomas Fanshaw Middleton followed him ( now Bishop of Calcutta ) , a scholar and a gentleman in his teens . He has the reputation of an excellent critic ; and is author ( besides the ...
Page 85
... youth , " he told us , with expressions of a sober remorse . And it was not till long after the impression had begun to wear away , that I was enabled , with something like a smile , to recall the striking incongruity of the confession ...
... youth , " he told us , with expressions of a sober remorse . And it was not till long after the impression had begun to wear away , that I was enabled , with something like a smile , to recall the striking incongruity of the confession ...
Page 88
... youth , who seemed to be neither his clerk , his son , nor his servant , but something partaking of all three . The youth was dismissed , and we drove on . As we were the sole passengers , he naturally enough addressed his conversation ...
... youth , who seemed to be neither his clerk , his son , nor his servant , but something partaking of all three . The youth was dismissed , and we drove on . As we were the sole passengers , he naturally enough addressed his conversation ...
Page 90
... youth , whom he had parted from at our first acquaintance , must have been one of the bigger boys , or the usher . He was evidently a kind - hearted man , who did not seem so much desirous of provoking discussion by the questions which ...
... youth , whom he had parted from at our first acquaintance , must have been one of the bigger boys , or the usher . He was evidently a kind - hearted man , who did not seem so much desirous of provoking discussion by the questions which ...
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