Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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were eighteen in number , videlicet , five Englishmen , an English lady , a French gentleman and his servant , an Hanoverian and his servant , a Prussian , a Swede , two Danes , and a Mulatto boy , a German tailor and his wife ( the ...
were eighteen in number , videlicet , five Englishmen , an English lady , a French gentleman and his servant , an Hanoverian and his servant , a Prussian , a Swede , two Danes , and a Mulatto boy , a German tailor and his wife ( the ...
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I found that I had interested the Danes in no common degree . I had crept into the boat on the deck and fallen asleep ; but was awaked by one of them about three o'clock in the afternoon , who told me that they had been seeking me in ...
I found that I had interested the Danes in no common degree . I had crept into the boat on the deck and fallen asleep ; but was awaked by one of them about three o'clock in the afternoon , who told me that they had been seeking me in ...
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The Dane then informed me , that all in the present party were philosophers likewise . Certes we were not of the stoic school . For we drank and talked and sung , till we talked and sung all together ; and then we rose and danced on the ...
The Dane then informed me , that all in the present party were philosophers likewise . Certes we were not of the stoic school . For we drank and talked and sung , till we talked and sung all together ; and then we rose and danced on the ...
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The other , whom , by way of eminence I have called the DANE , had likewise white hair , but was much shorter than his brother , with slender limbs , and a very thin face slightly pock - fretten . This man convinced me of the justice of ...
The other , whom , by way of eminence I have called the DANE , had likewise white hair , but was much shorter than his brother , with slender limbs , and a very thin face slightly pock - fretten . This man convinced me of the justice of ...
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THE DANE . ( squeezing my hand with great vehemence ) My dear friend ! vat an affection and fidelity we have for each odher ! But tell me , do tell me , –Is I not , now and den , speak some fault ? Is I not in some wrong ?
THE DANE . ( squeezing my hand with great vehemence ) My dear friend ! vat an affection and fidelity we have for each odher ! But tell me , do tell me , –Is I not , now and den , speak some fault ? Is I not in some wrong ?
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