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... perhaps I may misquote the awful proverb which made me pause to cross it , and yet lean over it with a childish delight , being an only son , at least by the mother's side . The saying , as recollected by me , was this , but I have ...
... perhaps I may misquote the awful proverb which made me pause to cross it , and yet lean over it with a childish delight , being an only son , at least by the mother's side . The saying , as recollected by me , was this , but I have ...
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... perhaps , in suggesting that research through all the various Accounts of Shipwrecks upon record , by which he prepared himself to depict with such power a scene of the same description in Don Juan . 66 It was probably during one of the ...
... perhaps , in suggesting that research through all the various Accounts of Shipwrecks upon record , by which he prepared himself to depict with such power a scene of the same description in Don Juan . 66 It was probably during one of the ...
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... perhaps , indulging in those bright forethoughts of fame , under the influence of which , when little more than fifteen years of age , he wrote these remarkable lines : - " My epitaph shall be my name alone ; If that with honour fail to ...
... perhaps , indulging in those bright forethoughts of fame , under the influence of which , when little more than fifteen years of age , he wrote these remarkable lines : - " My epitaph shall be my name alone ; If that with honour fail to ...
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... perhaps not undeserved , criticism . " They were written on many and various occasions , and are now published merely for the perusal of a friendly circle . Believe me , sir , if they afford the slightest amusement to yourself and the ...
... perhaps not undeserved , criticism . " They were written on many and various occasions , and are now published merely for the perusal of a friendly circle . Believe me , sir , if they afford the slightest amusement to yourself and the ...
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... perhaps , than respect , Cambridge had not been able to inspire him with either . This feeling of distaste to his " nursing mother " he entertained in common with some of the most illustrious names of English litera- ture . So great was ...
... perhaps , than respect , Cambridge had not been able to inspire him with either . This feeling of distaste to his " nursing mother " he entertained in common with some of the most illustrious names of English litera- ture . So great was ...
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