The Essays of EliaDent, 1923 - 294 pages |
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Page xiv
... reason to deplore that Lamb never , save in his imagination , proceeded a Master of Arts . Some portion — it would be impossible to say what — of his charm proceeds from the fact of his having been a lettered clerk in the mercantile ...
... reason to deplore that Lamb never , save in his imagination , proceeded a Master of Arts . Some portion — it would be impossible to say what — of his charm proceeds from the fact of his having been a lettered clerk in the mercantile ...
Page xv
... reason to suppose that Lamb was otherwise than an efficient public servant , as that class of person goes . He did no more than was ex- pected of him , and had no scruples about conducting his private correspondence on office paper . He ...
... reason to suppose that Lamb was otherwise than an efficient public servant , as that class of person goes . He did no more than was ex- pected of him , and had no scruples about conducting his private correspondence on office paper . He ...
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... reason mentioned before . Humorists , for they were of all descriptions ; and , not having been brought together in early life ( which has a tendency to assimilate the members of corporate bodies to each other ) , but , for the most ...
... reason mentioned before . Humorists , for they were of all descriptions ; and , not having been brought together in early life ( which has a tendency to assimilate the members of corporate bodies to each other ) , but , for the most ...
Page 37
... reason shou'd Be superexcellently good : For the worst ills ( we daily see ) Have no more perpetuity , Than the best fortunes that do fall ; Which also bring us wherewithal Longer their being to support , Than those do of the other sort ...
... reason shou'd Be superexcellently good : For the worst ills ( we daily see ) Have no more perpetuity , Than the best fortunes that do fall ; Which also bring us wherewithal Longer their being to support , Than those do of the other sort ...
Page 40
... reason for the deciding of the trump by the turn of the card . Why not one suit always trumps ? -Why two colours , when the mark of the suits would have sufficiently distinguished them without it ? - " But the eye , my dear Madam , is ...
... reason for the deciding of the trump by the turn of the card . Why not one suit always trumps ? -Why two colours , when the mark of the suits would have sufficiently distinguished them without it ? - " But the eye , my dear Madam , is ...
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