The Essays of EliaDent, 1923 - 294 pages |
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Page 39
... pleasure of sending the substance of them to Mr. Bowles : but I suppose they came too late to be inserted among his ingenious notes upon that author . --- Quadrille , she has often told me , was her first love ... day , sugared darlings to ...
... pleasure of sending the substance of them to Mr. Bowles : but I suppose they came too late to be inserted among his ingenious notes upon that author . --- Quadrille , she has often told me , was her first love ... day , sugared darlings to ...
Page 62
Charles Lamb. the time of the day - a passing cloud - a rainbow - a waggon of hay - a regiment of soldiers going by - to in- culcate something useful . He can receive no pleasure from a casual glimpse of Nature , but must catch at it as ...
Charles Lamb. the time of the day - a passing cloud - a rainbow - a waggon of hay - a regiment of soldiers going by - to in- culcate something useful . He can receive no pleasure from a casual glimpse of Nature , but must catch at it as ...
Page 64
... pleasing this must be to you , how I envy your feelings , my friends will sometimes say to me , when they see young ... day , I am compelled to listen to what have been her useful ( and they are really useful ) employ ments through the day ...
... pleasing this must be to you , how I envy your feelings , my friends will sometimes say to me , when they see young ... day , I am compelled to listen to what have been her useful ( and they are really useful ) employ ments through the day ...
Page 90
... day to explore . By somewhat a circuitous route , taking the noble park at Luton in our way from St. Alban's , we ... pleasure which I had not experienced for many a year . For though I had forgotten it , we had never forgotten being ...
... day to explore . By somewhat a circuitous route , taking the noble park at Luton in our way from St. Alban's , we ... pleasure which I had not experienced for many a year . For though I had forgotten it , we had never forgotten being ...
Page 98
... days of artificial garden- ing , made a dial out of herbs and flowers . I must quote his verses a little higher up ... pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness . The mind , that ocean , where each kind Does straight its own resemblance ...
... days of artificial garden- ing , made a dial out of herbs and flowers . I must quote his verses a little higher up ... pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness . The mind , that ocean , where each kind Does straight its own resemblance ...
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